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    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">journal-of-information-and-optimization-sciences</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Journal of Information and Optimization Sciences</journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn publication-format="electronic">2169-0103</issn>
      <issn publication-format="print">0252-2667</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Taru Publications</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47974/JIOS-1961</article-id>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>Differential games with fractional payoffs</article-title>
      </title-group>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Asada</surname>
            <given-names>Tomoya</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Information Sciences, Ozuka-higashi, Hiroshima City University 3-4-1, Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima, 731-3194, Japan</aff>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
          <name>
            <surname>Tanaka</surname>
            <given-names>Teruo</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Information Sciences, Ozuka-higashi, Hiroshima City University 3-4-1, Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima, 731-3194, Japan</aff>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <volume>47</volume>
      <issue>4</issue>
      <fpage>1489</fpage>
      <lpage>1513</lpage>
      <pub-date date-type="pub">
        <day>26</day>
        <month>03</month>
        <year>2026</year>
      </pub-date>
      <abstract>
        <p>This paper provides a formulation for new differential games with fractional payoffs. By applying the standard argument used in mathematical programming theory, we show that the saddle point function and the equilibrium point exist in these games. </p>
      </abstract>
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        <kwd>Differential game</kwd>
        <kwd>Fractional payoff</kwd>
        <kwd>Parametric method</kwd>
        <kwd>Saddle point</kwd>
        <kwd>Stopping time</kwd>
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