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by Anatol Rapoport
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ISBN: 0486406865 Dover Publications Price: $12.95 |
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Noted expert's clearly written discussions of essential ideas of highly useful mathematical approach to human behavior and decision-making. Lucid, accessible treatment of such concepts as "utility," "strategy," and the difference between "non-zero" and "zero-sum" games. Minimum of mathematical prerequisites makes it accessible to non-mathematicians.
Table of Contents for Two-Person Game Theory
| 1. Games | |||||||
| 2. Utilities | |||||||
| 3. Strategy | |||||||
| 4. The Game Tree and the Game Matrix | |||||||
| 5. Dominating Strategy and Minimax | |||||||
| 6. Mixed Strategy | |||||||
| 7. Solving the Two-Person Zero-sum Game | |||||||
| 8. The Negotiated Game | |||||||
| 9. Nonnegotiable Games | |||||||
| 10. An Inductive Theory of Games: Dynamic Models | |||||||
| 11. An Example: Inspector vs. Evader | |||||||
| 12. Opportunities and Limitations | |||||||
| Notes | |||||||
| References | |||||||
| Index |