Game Theory
Subtitle: A Very Short Introduction
Series: Very Short Introductions
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: November 2, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780199218462
Copyright date: 2007
Subjects: Popular science; Topics in philosophy; Logic; Mathematics; Science/Mathematics; Mathematics / Game Theory; Game Theory
Description: Games are played everywhere: from economics to evolutionary biology, and from social interactions to online auctions. This title shows how to play such games in a rational way, and how to maximize their outcomes.
Table of contents: title: List of illustrations
pagenum: xiii; label: 1
title: The name of the game
pagenum: 1; label: 2
title: Chance
pagenum: 22; label: 3
title: Time
pagenum: 36; label: 4
title: Conventions
pagenum: 57; label: 5
title: Reciprocity
pagenum: 71; label: 6
title: Information
pagenum: 88; label: 7
title: Auctions
pagenum: 102; label: 8
title: Evolutionary biology
pagenum: 117; label: 9
title: Bargaining and coalitions
pagenum: 140; label: 10
title: Puzzles and paradoxes
pagenum: 158; title: References and further reading
pagenum: 175; title: Index
pagenum: 181