# Conflict continuum | ![img \|150](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Glasl%27s_Model_of_Conflict_Escalation.svg/320px-Glasl%27s_Model_of_Conflict_Escalation.svg.png) | A **Conflict continuum** is a model or concept various social science researchers use when modeling conflict on a continuum from low to high-intensity, such as from aggression to irritation to explosiveness. | |-|-| | | wikipedia:: [Conflict continuum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_continuum) | > [!summary]- Wikipedia Synopsis > A **Conflict continuum** is a model or concept various social science researchers use when modeling conflict on a continuum from low to high-intensity, such as from aggression to irritation to explosiveness.The mathematical model of game theory originally posited only a winner and a loser (a zero-sum game) in a conflict, but was extended to cooperation (a win-win situation and a non-zero sum game), and lets users specify any point between cooperation, peace, rivalry, contest, crisis,: 2  and conflict among stakeholders.