Essays In Game Theory

Author : The late John F. Nash
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1781956294

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Essays on Game Theory by The late John F. Nash Pdf

'This short volume is very welcome . . . Most importantly, on pages 32-33, the volume reprints as an appendix to the journal article based on Nash's Princeton doctoral dissertation on non-cooperative games a section of the thesis on "motivation and interpretation" that was omitted from the article. An editorial note remarks mildly that "The missing section is of considerable interest". This section, not available in any other published source, makes the present volume indispensable for research libraries . . . Nash's Essays on Game Theory, dating from his years as a Princeton graduate student . . . has a lasting impact on economics and related fields unmatched by any series of articles written in such a brief time . . . To economists, his name will always bring to mind his game theory papers of the early 1950s. It is good to have these conveniently reprinted in this volume.' - Robert W. Dimand, The Economic Journal 'The news that John Nash was to share the 1994 Nobel Prize for Economics with John Harsanyi and Reinhard Selten was doubly welcome. It signalled not only that the brilliant achievements of his youth were to be recognized in a manner consistent with their significance, but that the long illness that clouded his later years had fallen into remission. I hope that this collection of his economic papers will serve as another reminder that John Nash has rejoined the intellectual community to which he has contributed so much.' - From the introduction by Ken Binmore Essays on Game Theory is a unique collection of seven of John Nash's essays which highlight his pioneering contribution to game theory in economics. Featuring a comprehensive introduction by Ken Binmore which explains and summarizes John Nash's achievements in the field of non-cooperative and cooperative game theory, this book will be an indispensable reference for scholars and will be welcomed by those with an interest in game theory and its applications to the social sciences.

Author : Nimrod Megiddo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781461226482

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Essays in Game Theory by Nimrod Megiddo Pdf

This volume presents a collection of papers on game theory dedicated to Michael Maschler. Through his dedication and contributions to game theory, Maschler has become an important figure particularly in the area of cooperative games. Game theory has since become an important subject in operations research, economics and management science. As befits such a volume, the main themes covered are cooperative games, coalitions, repeated games, and a cost allocation games. All the contributions are authoritative surveys of a particular topic, so together they will present an invaluable overview of the field to all those working on game theory problems.

Author : R. Henn,O. Moeschlin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783642454943

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Mathematical Economics and Game Theory by R. Henn,O. Moeschlin Pdf

Author : Robert J. Aumann
Publisher : Bibliographisches Institut & F.A. Brockhaus AG
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Economics, Mathematical
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005531418

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Essays in Game Theory and Mathematical Economics in Honor of Oskar Morgenstern by Robert J. Aumann Pdf

Author : Ussif Rashid Sumaila
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136187285

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Game Theory and Fisheries by Ussif Rashid Sumaila Pdf

Today, there is a growing sense of urgency among fisheries scientists regarding the management of fish stocks, particularly among those who predict the imminent collapse of the fishing industry due to stock depletion. This book takes a game theoretic approach to discussing potential solutions to the problem of fish stock depletion. Acknowledging the classification of fish stocks as destructible renewable resources, these essays are concerned with the question of how much of the stock should be consumed today and how much should be left in place for the future. The book targets both economists and students of economics who are familiar with the tools of their trade but not necessarily familiar with game theory in the context of fisheries management. Importantly, the goal is not to give a summary evaluation of the current views of the ‘appropriate’ response to immediate policy questions, but rather to describe the ways in which the problems at hand can be productively formulated and approached using game theory and couched on real world fisheries. Game Theory and Fisheries consists of twelve previously published but updated articles in fisheries management, a number of which address a gap in the fisheries literature by modelling and analysing the exploitation of fishery resources in a two-agent fishery, in both cooperative and non-cooperative environments. The author’s work ultimately illustrates that the analysis of strategic interaction between those with access to shared fishery resources will be incomplete without the use of game theory.

Author : Reinhard Selten (Economist, Germany)
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 924 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1999-03-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1781008299

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Game Theory and Economic Behaviour by Reinhard Selten (Economist, Germany) Pdf

'These two volumes constitute an impressive collection of selected path-breaking works of Professor Selten. . . . Edward Elgar Publications deserve merit for bringing out most frequently-cited and prominent articles of Professor Selten in a conveniently available package.' - K. Ravikumar, Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research In 1994, the Nobel Prize was awarded to Reinhard Selten, John Nash and John Harsanyi, for pioneering analysis in game theory. Selten was the first to refine the Nash equilibrium concept of non-cooperative games for analysing dynamic strategic interaction and to apply these concepts to analyses of oligopoly.

Author : John Nash
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-29
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781400884087

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The Essential John Nash by John Nash Pdf

When John Nash won the Nobel prize in economics in 1994, many people were surprised to learn that he was alive and well. Since then, Sylvia Nasar's celebrated biography A Beautiful Mind, the basis of a new major motion picture, has revealed the man. The Essential John Nash reveals his work--in his own words. This book presents, for the first time, the full range of Nash's diverse contributions not only to game theory, for which he received the Nobel, but to pure mathematics--from Riemannian geometry and partial differential equations--in which he commands even greater acclaim among academics. Included are nine of Nash's most influential papers, most of them written over the decade beginning in 1949. From 1959 until his astonishing remission three decades later, the man behind the concepts "Nash equilibrium" and "Nash bargaining"--concepts that today pervade not only economics but nuclear strategy and contract talks in major league sports--had lived in the shadow of a condition diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenia. In the introduction to this book, Nasar recounts how Nash had, by the age of thirty, gone from being a wunderkind at Princeton and a rising mathematical star at MIT to the depths of mental illness. In his preface, Harold Kuhn offers personal insights on his longtime friend and colleague; and in introductions to several of Nash's papers, he provides scholarly context. In an afterword, Nash describes his current work, and he discusses an error in one of his papers. A photo essay chronicles Nash's career from his student days in Princeton to the present. Also included are Nash's Nobel citation and autobiography. The Essential John Nash makes it plain why one of Nash's colleagues termed his style of intellectual inquiry as "like lightning striking." All those inspired by Nash's dazzling ideas will welcome this unprecedented opportunity to trace these ideas back to the exceptional mind they came from.

Author : Thomas C. Schelling
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : History
ISBN : 0674840313

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The Strategy of Conflict by Thomas C. Schelling Pdf

Analyzes the nature of international disagreements and conflict resolution in terms of game theory and non-zero-sum games.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3860259725

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ESSAYS IN GAME THEORY (AUMANN) by Anonim Pdf

Author : Pierre von Mouche,Federico Quartieri
Publisher : Springer
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319292540

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Equilibrium Theory for Cournot Oligopolies and Related Games by Pierre von Mouche,Federico Quartieri Pdf

This state-of-the-art collection of papers on the theory of Cournotian competition focuses on two main subjects: oligopolistic Cournot competition and contests. The contributors present various applications of the Cournotian Equilibrium Theory, addressing topics such as equilibrium existence and uniqueness, equilibrium structure, dynamic processes, coalitional behavior and welfare. Special emphasis is placed on the aggregative nature of the games that are relevant to such theory. This contributed volume was written to celebrate the 80th birthday of Prof. Koji Okuguchi, a pioneer in oligopoly theory.

Author : Alessandro Innocenti,Patrizia Sbriglia
Publisher : Palgrave MacMillan
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2008-01-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105124096111

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Games, Rationality and Behaviour by Alessandro Innocenti,Patrizia Sbriglia Pdf

Behavioural game theory is the most important recent development of standard game theory, and its applications regard several fields of research, ranging from economic theory to sociology and political science. Behavioural game theory aims to provide a behavioural and psychological approach to game theory modelling, in order to identify more robust equilibrium outcomes and more realistic behavioural assumptions. This book explores the key topics in detail, covering issues such as players' heterogeneity, social preferences, reciprocity, learning and information, and punishment in public good games. It provides a state-of-the-art analysis of the progress and methodology of behavioural game theory, as well as exploring the interdisciplinary aspects of the subject, and is an extremely valuable resource for academics and scholars with an interest in the area. Book jacket.

Author : Reinhard Selten
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783662096642

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Rational Interaction by Reinhard Selten Pdf

The unifying theme of the 23 contributions to this book is the social interaction of rational individuals. The work of John C. Harsanyi on game theory, social choice, and the philosophy of science finds an echo in these essays. Contributions by well known game theorists and economists present a great variety of stimulating theoretical investigations. Part I contains six papers on non-cooperative game theory written by Maschler, Owen, Myerson, Peleg, Rosenmüller, Hart and Mas-Collel. Part II with three contributions by Kalei, Samet, van Damme, d'Aspremont, and Gérard-Varet is devoted to the use of non-cooperative game theory in the analysis of problems of mechanism design. Basic questions of non-cooperative game theory are discussed in three essays by Güth, Hardin, and Sugden in Part III. Applied game models are discussed in three papers by Friedman, Selten, and Shubik in Part IV. Problems of social choice are investigated in Part V which deals with utilitarianism and related topics in five contributions by Hammond, Binmore, Arrow, Roemer, and Broome. Finally, Part VI contains three papers: an interdisciplinary comparison of physics and economics by Samuelson, a methodological essay by Brock, and an appraisal of the work of John C. Harsanyi.

Author : David V. Budescu,Ido Erev,Rami Zwick
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317778462

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Games and Human Behavior by David V. Budescu,Ido Erev,Rami Zwick Pdf

Human behavior often violates the predictions of rational choice theory. This realization has caused many social psychologists and experimental economists to attempt to develop an experimentally-based variant of game theory as an alternative descriptive model. The impetus for this book is the interest in the development of such a theory that combines elements from both disciplines and appeals to both. The editors have brought together leading researchers in the fields of experimental economics, behavioral game theory, and social dilemmas to engage in constructive dialogue across disciplinary boundaries. This book offers a comprehensive overview of the new insights into the motivation of human behavior under a variety of naturally or artificially induced incentive structures that are emerging from their work. Amnon Rapoport--a pioneer and leader in experimental study and quantitative modeling of human decisions in social and interactive contexts--is honored.

Author : Nimrod Megiddo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1994-03-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 146122649X

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Essays in Game Theory by Nimrod Megiddo Pdf

This volume presents a collection of papers on game theory dedicated to Michael Maschler. Through his dedication and contributions to game theory, Maschler has become an important figure particularly in the area of cooperative games. Game theory has since become an important subject in operations research, economics and management science. As befits such a volume, the main themes covered are cooperative games, coalitions, repeated games, and a cost allocation games. All the contributions are authoritative surveys of a particular topic, so together they will present an invaluable overview of the field to all those working on game theory problems.

Author : Matthew Wilhelm Kapell
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-16
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781476623092

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The Play Versus Story Divide in Game Studies by Matthew Wilhelm Kapell Pdf

Since the emergence of digital game studies, a number of debates have engaged scholars. The debate between ludic (play) and narrative (story) paradigms remains the one that famously "never happened." This collection of new essays critically frames that debate and urges game scholars to consider it central to the field. The essayists examine various digital games, assessing the applicability of play-versus-narrative approaches or considering the failure of each. The essays reflect the broader history while applying notions of play and story to recent games in an attempt to propel serious analysis.