Game's Afoot! Game Theory in Myth and Paradox

Name: Game's Afoot! Game Theory in Myth and Paradox
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ISBN: 9780821821213

ISBN-10: 0821821210

ISBN-13: 9780821821213

Edition: 2000

Authors: Alexander Mehlmann

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It all started with von Neumann and Morgenstern half a century ago. Their Theory of Games and Economic Behavior gave birth to a whole new area of mathematics concerned with the formal problems of rational decision as experienced by multiple agents. Now, game theory is all around us, making its way even into regular conversations. In the present book, Mehlmann presents mathematical foundations and concepts illustrated via social quandaries, mock political battles, evolutionary confrontations, economic struggles, and literary conflict. Most of the standard models - the prisoners' dilemma, the arms race, evolution, duels, the game of chicken, etc. - are here. Many non-standard examples are…

Book details

List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: American Mathematical Society
Publication date: 4/30/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 159
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



The glass bead game: Introduction


Games, form(ula)s, and scholars


Equilibrium and game as metaphor


In the forest of game trees


Games against time


The myths of game theory: Introduction


The prisoner's dilemma


Paradoxes of backward induction


Strategic accents of game-theoretic scholasticism


Odysseus goes to war


A postlude in rhyme


Games in the network of networks


References


Index