Galam, Serge; Walliser, Bernard - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 389 (2010) 3, pp. 481-489
The 2-spin Ising model in statistical mechanics and the 2×2 normal form game in game theory are compared. All configurations allowed by the second are recovered by the first when the only concern is about Nash equilibria. But it holds no longer when Pareto optimum considerations are introduced...