Applied Mathematics
p-ISSN: 2163-1409 e-ISSN: 2163-1425
2020; 10(2): 21-27
doi:10.5923/j.am.20201002.01
Received: Aug. 26, 2020; Accepted: Sep. 22, 2020; Published: Oct. 15, 2020
Issah Musah, Douglas Kwasi Boah, Baba Seidu
Department of Mathematics, C. K. Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Navrongo, Ghana
Correspondence to: Douglas Kwasi Boah, Department of Mathematics, C. K. Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Navrongo, Ghana.
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Conflicts and competitions are part of life. Examples are military battles, advertisement by similar business entities, campaigns by political parties etc. Democracy in Ghana is very vibrant and elections are keenly contested. Only two political parties in Ghana, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have had the opportunity to be in power since 1992 in spite of the many political parties in the country. The general objective of the study was to analyse the performance of the two dominant or major political parties since 1992 using Game Theory and Linear Programming. Primary data was obtained through a questionnaire that was prepared and administered to two hundred (200) respondents to indicate their patronage for the two political parties as far as twenty (20) selected sectors of governance are concerned. The sectors of governance were regarded as strategies employed by the two political parties to influence citizens to patronize their parties. In conclusion, a payoff matrix of the performance of the two major political parties since 1992 has been successfully constructed using the concept of Game Theory. Also, the values of the game for the two parties associated with the payoff matrix have been successfully obtained using the concept of Linear Programming. Moreover, for the two political parties to become more vibrant and competitive, their optimal strategies have been clearly spelt out. It is recommended that the two political parties should maintain their perceived good performance in the indicated sectors and improve upon their perceived bad performance in the remaining sectors of governance. Also, all political parties should consider game theory when analyzing their political strategies.
Keywords: Performance, Political Parties, Sectors of Governance, Game Theory, Linear Programming, Optimal Strategies
Cite this paper: Issah Musah, Douglas Kwasi Boah, Baba Seidu, Analysis of the Performance of Two Political Parties in Ghana Using Game Theory and Linear Programming, Applied Mathematics, Vol. 10 No. 2, 2020, pp. 21-27. doi: 10.5923/j.am.20201002.01.
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![]() | Table 2. Payoff Matrix for the Row Player (NDC) |
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