Game Theory - Ken Binmore
A Very Short Introduction
KORTE INHOUD
Games are everywhere: Drivers maneuvering in heavy traffic are playing a driving game. Bargain hunters bidding on eBay are playing an auctioning game. The supermarket's price for corn flakes is decided by playing an economic game. This Very Short Introduction offers a succinct tour of the fascinating world of game theory, a ground-breaking field that analyzes how to play games in a rational way. Ken Binmore, a renowned game theorist, explains the theory in a way that is both entertaining and non-mathematical yet also deeply insightful, revealing how game theory can shed light on everything from social gatherings, to ethical decision-making, to successful card-playing strategies, to calculating the sex ratio among bees. With mini-biographies of many fascinating, and occasionally eccentric, founders of the subject--including John Nash, subject of the movie A Beautiful Mind--this book offers a concise overview of a cutting-edge field that has seen spectacular successes in evolutionary biology and economics, and ...
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2007Uitgever: Oxford University Press184 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0199218463ISBN-13: 9780199218462Koop dit boek tweedehands
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2007, paperback, good copy [Auteur: Binmore, Ken (Emeritus Professor of Economics, University College London)] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Oxford University Press] [Jaar: 2007] [Titel: Game Theory: A Very Short Introduction]
