The History Of Game Theory, Volume 1: From the Beginnings to 1945

by Dimand; Robert W

• ISBN13: 9780415072571
• ISBN10: 0415072573
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-10-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Game Theory--the formal modelling of conflict and cooperation--first emerged as a recognized field with the publication of John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern'sTheory of Games and Economic Behaviourin 1944. Since then, game-theoretic thinking about choice of strategies and the interdependence of people's actions has influenced all the social sciences. However, little is known about the history of the theory of strategic gamespriorto this publication. In this volume, the history of strategic games--from its origins up to 1945--is traced through the work of 19th Century economists such as Cournot and Edgeworth; voting theorists, including Lewis Carroll; conflict theorists Richardson and Lanchester; probabilists such as Bertrand, Borel, and Ville; and later economists, notably Stackelberg and Zeuthen. This authoritative account of the history of game theory concludes with a historical perspective on the achievement of von Neumann and Morgenstern and an appraisal of the reception oftheir book.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Strategic Interdependence	p. 18
Strategic Interdependence	p. 35
Strategic Interdependence	p. 54
Lewis Carroll and the Game of Politics	p. 84
Early Mathematical Models of Conflict	p. 104
The Minimax Approach to Non-Cooperative Strategic Games from Waldegrave to Borel	p. 120
From Games of Pure Chance to Strategic Games	p. 131
9	p. 142
Notes	p. 158
Bibliography	p. 170
Index	p. 184
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