Experimental and Efficient Algorithms
Subtitle: 4th International Workshop, WEA 2005, Santorini Island, Greece, May 10-13, 2005, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: June 23, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 624
ISBN-13: 9783540259206
Subjects: Computing and Information Technology; Computers; Computers - General Information; Computer Books: General; Computer Graphics - General; Computer Science; Discrete Mathematics; Computers / Computer Science; Computer algorithms; Congresses
First sentence: The theories of algorithms and games were arguably born within a year of each other, in the wake of two quite distinct breakthroughs by John von Neumann, in the former case to investigate the great opportunities - as well as the ever mysterious obstacles - in attacking problems by computers, in the latter to model and study rational selfish behavior in the context of interaction, competition and cooperation.