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Game Theory - A Very Short Introduction

Game Theory - A Very Short Introduction
Cover: Ragasztott
ISBN: 9780199218462
Size: 111 * 174
Weight: 151 g
Page no.: 200
Publish year: 2007
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Game Theory - A Very Short Introduction

Games are everywhere: Drivers manoeuvring in heavy traffic are playing a driving game. Bargain hunters bidding on eBay are playing an auctioning game. A firm negotiating next year`s wage is playing a bargaining game. The opposing candidates in an election are playing a political game. The supermarket`s price for corn flakes is decided by playing an economic game.

Game theory is about how to play such games in a rational way. Even when the players have not thought everything out in advance, game theory often works for the same reason that mindless animals sometimes end up behaving very cleverly: evolutionary forces eliminate irrational play because it is unfit.

Game theory has seen spectacular successes in evolutionary biology and economics, and is beginning to revolutionize other disciplines from psychology to political science. This Very Short Introduction introduces the fascinating world of game theory, showing how it can be understood without mathematical equations, and revealing that everything from how to play poker optimally to the sex ratio among bees can be understood by anyone willing to think seriously about the problem.

Table of Contents:
Preface
1: The Name of the Game
2: Chance
3: Time
4: Convention
5: Reciprocity
6: Information
7: Auctions
8: Biology
9: Bargaining and Coalitions
10: Puzzles and Paradoxes

Author Information:
Ken Binmore, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University College London





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