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1 online resource : illustrations |
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The game theory phenomenon -- Acts of mathematical creation -- From "military worth" to mathematical programming -- Game theory and practice in the postwar human sciences -- The brain and the bomb -- Game theory without rationality -- Dreams of a final theory |
| Summary |
In recent decades game theory - the mathematics of rational decision-making by interacting individuals - has assumed a central place in our understanding of capitalist markets, the evolution of social behavior in animals, and even the ethics of altruism and fairness in human beings. With game theory's ubiquity, however, has come a great deal of misunderstanding. Critics of the contemporary social sciences view it as part of an unwelcome trend toward the marginalization of historicist and interpretive styles of inquiry, and many accuse its proponents of presenting a thin and empirically dubious view of human choice |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957. Theory of games and economic behavior.
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| SUBJECT |
Theory of games and economic behavior (Von Neumann, John) fast |
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Game theory.
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Science -- Methodology.
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Game Theory
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference.
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Game theory
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Science -- Methodology
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Spieltheorie
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Wissenschaft
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Anwendung
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780226097206 |
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022609720X |
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