Theory of conditional games / Wynn C. Stirling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stirling, Wynn C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decision making.

Games of strategy (Mathematics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 236 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Game theory explains how to make good choices when different decision makers have conflicting interests. The classical approach assumes that decision makers are committed to making the best choices for themselves regardless of the effect on others, but such an approach is less appropriate when cooperation, compromise and negotiation are important. This book describes conditional games, a form of game theory that accommodates multiple stakeholder decision-making scenarios where cooperation and negotiation are significant issues and where notions of concordant group behavior are important. Using classical binary preference relations as a point of departure, the book extends the concept of a preference ordering that permits stakeholders to modulate their preferences as functions of the preferences of others. As these conditional preferences propagate through a group of decision makers, they create social bonds that lead to notions of group concordance. This book is intended for all students and researchers of decision theory and game theory.

Contents:

1. Sociality

2. Conditioning

3. Solutions

4. Coordination

5. Uncertainty

6. Satisficing

7. Applications

8. Conclusion.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-107-22890-5

1-280-48515-9

9786613580139

1-139-22271-6

1-139-21791-7

1-139-22442-5

1-139-21482-9

1-139-22099-3

0-511-99645-4

OCLC:

775869929