| Game Theory: Mathematical Models of Conflict Contributor(s): Jones, A. J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1898563144 ISBN-13: 9781898563143 Publisher: Woodhead Publishing OUR PRICE: $98.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2000 Annotation: This modern, still relevant text is suitable for senior undergraduate and graduate students, teachers and professionals in mathematics, operational research, economics, sociology; and psychology, defence and strategic studies, and war games. Engagingly wr |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Game Theory |
| Dewey: 519.3 |
| LCCN: 00708779 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6.3" W x 9.2" (1.04 lbs) 300 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Written engagingly and with agreeable humour, this book balances a light touch with a rigorous yet economical account of the theory of games and bargaining models. It provides a precise interpretation, discussion and mathematical analysis for a wide range of "game-like" problems in economics, sociology, strategic studies and war. There is first an informal introduction to game theory, which can be understood by non-mathematicians, which covers the basic ideas of extensive form, pure and mixed strategies and the minimax theorem. The general theory of non-cooperative games is then given a detailed mathematical treatment in the second chapter. Next follows a "first class" account of linear programming, theory and practice, terse, rigorous and readable, which is applied as a tool to matrix games and economics from duality theory via the equilibrium theorem, with detailed explanations of computational aspects of the simplex algorithm. The remaining chapters give an unusually comprehensive but concise treatment of cooperative games, an original account of bargaining models, with a skillfully guided tour through the Shapley and Nash solutions for bimatrix games and a carefully illustrated account of finding the best threat strategies. |