Toward a history of game theory / edited by E. Roy Weintraub.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weintraub, E. Roy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Game theory--History.

Game theory.

History.

Physical Description:

vi, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 1992.

Contents:

The early history of the theory of strategic games from Waldegrave to Borel / Robert W. Dimand and Mary Ann Dimand

Creating a context for game theory / Robert J. Leonard

New insights into the collaboration between John von Neumann and Oskar Morganstern on the Theory of games and economic behavior / Urs Rellstab

Oskar Morgenstern's contribution to the development of the theory of games / Andrew Schotter

What were von Neumann and Morgenstern trying to accomplish? / Philip Mirowski

Game theory at Princeton, 1949-1955 : a personal reminiscence / Martin Shubik

Game theory at the University of Michigan, 1948-1952 / Howard Raiffa

Mathematizing social science in the 1950s : the early development and diffusion of game theory / Angela M. O'Rand

The entry of game theory into political science / William H. Riker

Operations research and game theory / Robin E. Rider

Game theory and experimental economics : beginnings and early influences / Vernon L. Smith.

Notes:

"Annual supplement to volume 24, History of Political Economy."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0822312530

OCLC:

27702265