Game Theory in the Behavioral Sciences / editors, Ira R. Buchler and Hugo G. Nutini.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Buchler, Ira R., editor.

Nutini, Hugo G., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Game theory.

Social sciences--Methodology.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, [1969]

Summary:

This collection of essays was the first major attempt to apply game theory, linear programming, and graph theory to anthropological data.Contributors: John Atkins; Ira B. Buchler; Albert M. Chammah; Luke Curtis; Walter Goldschmidt; Hans Hoffman; Robert Kozelka; Bernhardt Lieberman; Frank B. Livingstone; R. Michael McKinlay; Anatol Rapoport; Richard F. Salisbury; T. C. Schelling; M. Shubik; and Martin Southwold.

Contents:

A Games Model of African Tribal Politics / Martin Southwold

Some Thoughts on the Relevance of Game Theory to the Analysis of Ethical System / T.C. Schelling

Game Theory, Cultural Values and the Brideprice in Africa / Walter Goldschmidt

Formal Analysis in Anthropological Economics: The Rossel Island Case / Richard F. Salisbury

Combining Individual Preference into a Social Choice / Bernhardt Lieberman

A Bayesian Approach to Jamacian Fishing / Robert Kozelka

Games as Tools of Psychological Research / Anatol Rapoport

The Game of Chicken / Anatol Rapport & Albert M. Chammah

A Linear Programming Approach to Cultural Intensity / Hans Hoffmann

Decision Processes in Culture: A Linear Programming Analysis / Ira R. Buchler & R. Michael McKinlay

Game Rules and the Rules of Culture / John Atkins & Luke Curtis

The Application of Structural Models to Marriage Systems in Anthropology / Frank B. Livingstone.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8229-7575-0

OCLC:

1379480879