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13 GT versus 87 MY

If there are enough MY to start out with, the MY can actually end up with all 100 pricebots. If there are 100 pricebots, 13 GT and 87 MY appears to be the cutoff point for this to happen. If there are fewer than 87 MY then the GT will still increase in number to about 97 pricebots and the MY will decrease to about 3 pricebots. But if there are 87 or more MY pricebots initially, then the MY will increase to all 100 pricebots, and the GT will decrease to 0 pricebots. Looking at the price, profit, and number graphs for 13 GT versus 87 MY we see this happen. The reason why the GT prices are a bit more scattered in this graph than in others is probably due to the fewer GT pricebots: as mentioned before, fewer pricebots means that the price each pricebot chooses will have a bigger impact on the average prices.

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Figure 7. Average generation prices with DF exploration



Victoria Manfredi
2001-08-02