Playing for real : a text on game theory / Ken Binmore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Binmore, K. G., 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Game theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 639 p. ) ill.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Summary:

This is a light-hearted introduction to game theory suitable for advanced undergraduate students or beginning graduate students. It answers three questions. What is game theory? How is game theory applied? Why is game theory right?

Ken Binmore's previous game theory textbook, Fun and Games (D.C. Heath, 1991), carved out a significant niche in the advanced undergraduate market; it was intellectually serious and more up-to-date than its competitors, but also accessibly written. Its central thesis was that game theory allows us to understand many kinds of interactions between people, a point that Binmore amply demonstrated through a rich range of examples and applications. This replacement for the now out-of-date 1991 textbook retains the entertaining examples, but changes the organization to match how game theory courses are actually taught, making Playing for Real a more versatile text that almost all possible course designs will find easier to use, with less jumping about than before. In addition, the problem sections, already used as a reference by many teachers, have become even more clever and varied, without becoming too technical. Playing for Real will sell into advanced undergraduate courses in game theory, primarily those in economics, but also courses in the social sciences, and serve as a reference for economists.

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-978374-8

1-281-16283-3

9786611162832

0-19-804114-4

1-4356-2004-6

OCLC:

141200433