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==Etymology==

==Etymology==

Middle French, from rendez vous - present yourselves

Middle French, from rendez vous - present yourselves

*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Century 1582]

*Date: [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Century 1582]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1 a : a place appointed for assembling or meeting  

*1 a : a place appointed for assembling or meeting  

==Description==

==Description==

:Rendezvous Problem

:Rendezvous Problem

The '''rendezvous''' dilemma is related to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma prisoner's dilemma] and can be formulated in this way:

The '''rendezvous''' dilemma is related to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma prisoner's dilemma] and can be formulated in this way:

<blockquote>Two young people have a date in a park they have never been to before. Arriving separately in the park, they are both surprised to [[discover]] that it is a huge area and consequently they cannot find one another. In this situation each [[person]] has to [[choose]] between waiting in a fixed place in the [[hope]] that the other will find them, or else starting to look for the other in the hope that they have chosen to wait somewhere.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Two young people have a date in a park they have never been to before. Arriving separately in the park, they are both surprised to [[discover]] that it is a huge area and consequently they cannot find one another. In this situation each [[person]] has to [[choose]] between waiting in a fixed place in the [[hope]] that the other will find them, or else starting to look for the other in the hope that they have chosen to wait somewhere.</blockquote>