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9780486406862

Two-Person Game Theory

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  • ISBN13:

    9780486406862

  • ISBN10:

    0486406865

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-01-20
  • Publisher: Dover Publications

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Summary

Noted expert's clearly written discussions of essential ideas of highly useful mathematical approach to human behavior and decision-making. Lucid, accessible treatment of such concepts as "utility," "strategy," and the difference between "non-zero" and "zero-sum" games. Minimum of mathematical prerequisites makes it accessible to non-mathematicians.

Table of Contents

1. Games
2. Utilities
3. Strategy
4. The Game Tree and the Game Matrix
5. Dominating Strategy and Minimax
6. Mixed Strategy
7. Solving the Two-Person Zero-sum Game
8. The Negotiated Game
9. Nonnegotiable Games
10. An Inductive Theory of Games: Dynamic Models
11. An Example: Inspector vs. Evader
12. Opportunities and Limitations
  Notes
  References
  Index

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