Game Theory in Action - An Introduction to Classical and Evolutionary Models

Game Theory in Action is an undergraduate textbook about using game theory across a range of real-life scenarios. From traffic accidents to the sex lives of lizards, Stephen Schecter and Herbert Gintis show students how game theory can be applied in diverse areas including animal behavior, political science, and economics. The book's examples and problems look at such fascinating topics as crime-control strategies, climate-change negotiations, and the power of the Oracle at Delphi. The text includes a substantial treatment of evolutionary game theory, where strategies are not chosen through rational analysis, but emerge by virtue of being successful. This is the side of game theory that is most relevant to biology; it also helps to explain how human societies evolve.

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Stephen Schecter & Herbert Gintis

Zusammenfassung

Game Theory in Action is a textbook about using game theory across a range of real-life scenarios. From traffic accidents to the sex lives of lizards, Stephen Schecter and Herbert Gintis show students how game theory can be applied in diverse areas including animal behavior, political science, and economics. The book's examples and problems look a

Zusatztext

"The book is one of the best books written in game theory."---Ahmed Hegazi, Zentralblatt MATH

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Herbert Gintis, Gintis Herbert, Stephen Schecter, Stephen Gintis Schecter
• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.03.2016
• EAN: 9780691167657
• ISBN: 978-0-691-16765-7
• Seiten: 320
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Mathematik > Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie, Stochastik, Mathematische Statistik; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Allgemeines, Lexika; MATHEMATICS / Applied, MATHEMATICS / Game Theory, game theory, Applied mathematics