​non-cooperative game
Games are said to be Non-Cooperative when there is no element of cooperation between the agents involved, the analysis of competitive games forms the foundation and origins of classical game theory, as they are greatly more amenable to the tools of standard mathematical modeling compared to cooperative games.
The term “noncooperative” means this branch of game theory explicitly models the process of players making choices out of their own interest, without reference to the overall outcomes of the game.
