A set of decisions "x/y" (meaning that participant A chooses "x" while participant B chooses "y") is called Pareto optimal if there is '''no''' other state, other participants' concurrent actions and everybody's prior actions remaining the same, in which at least one participant can improve his own outcome. | A set of decisions "x/y" (meaning that participant A chooses "x" while participant B chooses "y") is called Pareto optimal if there is '''no''' other state, other participants' concurrent actions and everybody's prior actions remaining the same, in which at least one participant can improve his own outcome. |