Games, strategies, and decision making / Joseph E. Harrington, Jr.
By: Harrington, Joseph Emmett.
Material type: BookPublisher: New York : Worth, c2009Description: xxiii, 532, [27] p. : ill. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9780716766308; 0716766302.Subject(s): Game theory -- Decision making | Decision making | Games of strategy (Mathematics) | Game theory | Economics, Mathematical | Decision making -- Mathematics | Strategic planning -- Mathematics | Game theory | Economics, Mathematical | Decision making -- Mathematics | Strategic planning -- Mathematics | Speltheorie | Besluitvorming | Spieltheorie | Theorie | Spieltheorie | Decision making Mathematics | Economics, Mathematical | Game theory | Strategic planning MathematicsOnline resources: Inhaltsverzeichnis | Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Table of contents onlyItem type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Item holds |
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General Circulation Books | Non-fiction | QA269 .H36 2009 (Browse shelf) | Available | EG |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to Strategic Reasoning -- Building A Model of A Strategic Situation -- Eliminating the Impossible:Solving A Game When Rationality is Common Knowledge -- Stable Play: Nash Equilibria in Discrete Games with Two Or Three Players -- Stable Play:Nash Equilibria in Discrete N-Player Games -- Stable Play: Nash Equilibria in Continuous Games -- Keep 'Em Guessing: Randomized Strategies -- Taking Turns: Sequential Games of Perfect Information -- Taking Turns in the Dark: Sequential Games of Imperfect Information -- I Know Something You Don't Know: Games with Private Information -- What You Do Tells Me Who You Are: Signaling Games -- Lies and the Lying Liars that Tell Them: Cheap Talk Games -- Playing Forever: Repeated Interaction with Infinitely-Lived Players -- Cooperation and Reputation: Applications of Repeated Interaction with Infinitely-Lived Players -- Interaction in Infinitely-Lived Institutions -- Evolutionary Game Theory and Biology: Evolutionarily Stable Strategies -- Evolutionary Game Theory and Biology: Replicator Dynamics.
This book on game theory introduces and develops the key concepts with a minimum of mathematics. Students are presented with empirical evidence, anecdotes and strategic situations to help them apply theory and gain a genuine insight into human behaviour. The book provides a diverse collection of examples and scenarios from history, literature, sports, crime, theology, war, biology, and everyday life. These examples come with rich context that adds real-world meat to the skeleton of theory. Each chapter begins with a specific strategic situation and is followed with a systematic treatment that gradually builds understanding of the concept.
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