Coalition
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A coalition is an alliance, during which the members cooperate each in their own interest.
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[change] Politics and government
A coalition government, in a parliamentary system, is a government composed of a coalition of parties. In the Cambridge Dictionary the definition is: the union of different political parties or groups for a particular purpose, usually for a limited time.
In international relations, a coalition can be an ad hoc grouping of nations united for a specific purpose, not seldom that may be fighting a war (see: Anti-Hitler-Coalition).
[change] Mathematics
Coalitions can be studied as games. The Nash equilibrium defines conditions where rational players can benefit other players in the coalition.
[change] Computer science
In the computer field, and in the study of cognition, the entities can be called agents or daemons. By definition, agents can form coalitions.