This course will provide an introduction to decision theory and game theory and examine how these theories can be applied to issues in information science.
Game theory is one of the major components of decision theory.
Game theory is a theory about how to make rational decisions when the decisions that other people make will effect the outcome. Since everybody has to make decisions everyday, it would probably be a good idea for just about everybody to know a little bit about game theory and decision theory. However, there are a number of reasons why information scientists in particular should know a little bit about game theory and decision theory. Studying game theory can potentially help us to answer this question. This is because one of the crucial factors in game theory is how much information people have about the world and about other people.