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Author McCain, Roger A.

Title Game theory : a nontechnical introduction to the analysis of strategy / Roger A. McCain
Edition Revised edition
Published Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, [2010]
©2010

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Description vi, 625 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Contents note continued: pt. 7 Selected Applications -- ch. 20 Voting Games -- ch. 21 Auctions -- ch. 22 Game Theory, Law, and Social Mechanism Design
Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Fundamentals -- ch. 1 Conflict, Strategy, and Games -- ch. 2 Games in Extensive and Normal Form -- pt. 2 Two-Person Games -- ch. 3 Dominant Strategies and Social Dilemmas -- ch. 4 Nash Equilibrium -- ch. 5 Further Topics on Two-Person Games in Normal Form -- ch. 6 Duopoly Strategies and Prices -- pt. 3 Larger Numbers and Uncertainty -- ch. 7 Three-Person Games -- ch. 8 Probability and Game Theory -- ch. 9 Mixed Strategy Nash Equilibria -- ch. 10 N-Person Games -- ch. 11 Alternatives to Nash Equilibrium -- pt. 4 Games in Extensive Form and Repeated Play -- ch. 12 Sequential Games -- ch. 13 Imbedded Games -- ch. 14 Repeated Play -- ch. 15 Indefinitely Repeated Play -- pt. 5 Cooperation -- ch. 16 Elements of Cooperative Games -- ch. 17 Applications of Cooperative Solutions to Economics -- pt. 6 Behavioral and Evolutionary Game Theory -- ch. 18 Games, Experiments, and Behavioral Game Theory -- ch. 19 Evolution and Adaptive Learning --
Summary Summary: This book serves as an introduction to game theory for students with no prior game theory knowledge, or with limited background in economics and mathematics. It is specifically designed to provide an intuitive and accessible interdisciplinary approach to game theory, while simultaneously exploring cooperative games, repeated play, correlated equilibrium, and a range of applications
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Game theory.
LC no. 2011280396
ISBN 9789814289658 (hbk.)
9814289655 (hbk.)