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Zusatztext Praise for Schelling's Game Theory: How to Make Decisions Gives readers an excellent Harvard game theory course by a renowned Nobel Prize winner through the eyes of his Boswell. This book is a must read for political scientists, economists, and anyone who has to make decisions of import. Informationen zum Autor Robert V. Dodge is author of The Strategist: The Life and Times of Thomas Schelling and retired from 23 years of teaching at the Singapore American School. Klappentext Thomas Schelling, who wrote the foreword for this book, won the Nobel Prize in economics for "having enhanced our understanding of conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis." This came after he had taught a course in game theory and rational choice to advanced students and government officials for 45 years. In this book, Robert Dodge provides in language for a broad audience, the concepts that Schelling taught. Armed with Schelling's understanding of game theory methods and his approaches to problems, the general reader can improve daily decision making. Zusammenfassung Nobel Prize winner Thomas Schelling taught a course in game theory and rational choice to advanced students and government officials for 45 years. In this book, Robert Dodge provides in language for a broad audience the concepts that Schelling taught. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Thomas C. Schelling Chapter I Thomas Schelling and His Signature Course on Strategic Thinking Part One: The Schelling Approach to Strategic Thinking and Decision-Making Chapter 2 Introduction to Strategic Thought Chapter 3 Vicarious Thinking Chapter 4 Game Theory Chapter 5 The Two-By-Two Matrix Part Two: Strategies and Tactics Chapter 6 Strategies Defined and Illustrated Chapter 7 Tactics Chapter 8 Self-Command Part Three: Models as Metaphors For What Decisions Do Chapter 9 Interaction Models Chapter 10 The Dollar Auction Chapter 11 Musical Chairs and Inescapable Mathematics Part Four: The Prisoner's Dilemma, Competition and Cooperation Chapter 12 The Prisoner's Dilemma Chapter 13 Cooperation Chapter 14 Coordination Part Five: Individual Decisions and Group Agreement Chapter 15 Collective Choice and Voting Chapter 16 The Commons and Fair Division Chapter 17 Case Study, Overcoming Professional Basketball's Commons Dilemma: The Phil Jackson Story Part Six: Decisions that Mix and Sort Populations, Decisions Based on Randomization Chapter 18 Critical Mass and Tipping Chapter 19 Individual Decisions and Group Outcomes Chapter 20 Randomization in Decision-Making Part Seven: Case Study and Review Chapter 21 Case Study, The Cuban Missile Crisis: Analysis and Review ...
