Game Theory as a Theory of Conflict Resolution
Title | Game Theory as a Theory of Conflict Resolution PDF eBook |
Author | Anatol Rapoport |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | 287 |
Release | 2012-12-06 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9401021619 |
Game theory could be formally defined as a theory of rational decision in conflict situations. Models of such situations, as they are conceived in game theory, involve (1) a set of decision makers, called players; (2) a set of strategies available to each player; (3) a set of outcomes, each of which is a result of particular choices of strategies made by the players on a given play of the game; and (4) a set of payoffs accorded to each player in each of the possible outcomes. It is assumed that each player is 'individually rational', in the sense that his preference ordering of the outcomes is determined by the order of magnitudes of his (and only his) associated payoffs. Further, a player is rational in the sense that he assumes that every other player is rational in the above sense. The rational player utilizes knowledge of the other players' payoffs in guiding his choice of strategy, because it gives him information about how the other players' choices are guided. Since, in general, the orders of magnitude of the payoffs that accrue to the several players in the several outcomes do not coincide, a game of strategy is a model of a situation involving conflicts of interests.
The Strategy of Conflict
Title | The Strategy of Conflict PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas C. Schelling |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | 332 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780674840317 |
Analyzes the nature of international disagreements and conflict resolution in terms of game theory and non-zero-sum games.
Two-person Game Theory
Title | Two-person Game Theory PDF eBook |
Author | Anatol Rapoport |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | 241 |
Release | 1999-01-20 |
Genre | Mathematics |
ISBN | 0486406865 |
This fascinating and provocative book presents the fundamentals of two-person game theory, a mathematical approach to understanding human behavior and decision-making.
Game Theory and Conflict Resolution
Title | Game Theory and Conflict Resolution PDF eBook |
Author | K. Bergstresser |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 207 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Strategy of Conflict
Title | The Strategy of Conflict PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas C. Schelling |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 330 |
Release | 1960 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN |
'In eminently lucid and often charming language, Professor Schelling's work opens to rational analysis a crucial field of politics, the international politics of threat, or as the current term goes, of deterrence. In this field, the author's analysis goes beyond what has been done by earlier writers. It is the best, most incisive, and most stimulating book on the subject.'
Game Theory
Title | Game Theory PDF eBook |
Author | Roger B. Myerson |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | 588 |
Release | 2013-03-01 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0674728629 |
Eminently suited to classroom use as well as individual study, Roger Myerson's introductory text provides a clear and thorough examination of the models, solution concepts, results, and methodological principles of noncooperative and cooperative game theory. Myerson introduces, clarifies, and synthesizes the extraordinary advances made in the subject over the past fifteen years, presents an overview of decision theory, and comprehensively reviews the development of the fundamental models: games in extensive form and strategic form, and Bayesian games with incomplete information. Game Theory will be useful for students at the graduate level in economics, political science, operations research, and applied mathematics. Everyone who uses game theory in research will find this book essential.
Game Theory and Its Applications
Title | Game Theory and Its Applications PDF eBook |
Author | Akio Matsumoto |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 265 |
Release | 2015-09-08 |
Genre | Mathematics |
ISBN | 443154786X |
This book integrates the fundamentals, methodology, and major application fields of noncooperative and cooperative games including conflict resolution. The topics addressed in the book are discrete and continuous games including games represented by finite trees; matrix and bimatrix games as well as oligopolies; cooperative solution concepts; games under uncertainty; dynamic games and conflict resolution. The methodology is illustrated by carefully chosen examples, applications and case studies which are selected from economics, social sciences, engineering, the military and homeland security. This book is highly recommended to readers who are interested in the in-depth and up-to-date integration of the theory and ever-expanding application areas of game theory.