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Confrontation analysis
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<p>Confrontation analysis (also known as dilemma analysis) is an <a href="/facts/Operational_analysis/H5yJkV5n">operational analysis</a> technique used to structure, understand and think through multi-party interactions such as negotiations. It is the underpinning mathematical basis of <a href="/facts/Drama_theory/uPs1GY6K">drama theory</a>. </p><p>It is derived from <a href="/facts/Game_theory/zkEIj1ya">game theory</a> but considers that instead of resolving the game, the players often redefine the game when interacting. Emotions triggered from the potential interaction play a large part in this redefinition. So whereas game theory looks on an interaction as a single decision matrix and resolves that, confrontation analysis looks on the interaction as a sequence of linked interactions, where the decision matrix changes under the influence of precisely defined emotional <i>dilemmas</i>. </p>