Game-Theoretic Foundations for Probability and Finance, 9780470903056
Hardcover
Earlier edition published in 2001 as: Probability and finance: it’s only a game!

Game-Theoretic Foundations for Probability and Finance

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  • Hardcover

    480 pages

  • Release Date

    10 May 2019

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Summary

Game-theoretic probability and finance come of age

Glenn Shafer and Vladimir Vovk’s Probability and Finance, published in 2001, showed that perfect-information games can be used to define mathematical probability. Based on fifteen years of further research, Game-Theoretic Foundations for Probability and Finance presents a mature view of the foundational role game theory can play. Its account of probability theory opens the way to new methods of prediction and testing and makes many …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780470903056
ISBN-10:0470903058
Series:Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics
Author:Glenn Shafer, Vladimir Vovk
Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:480
Edition:2nd
Release Date:10 May 2019
Weight:885g
Dimensions:229mm x 160mm x 28mm
About The Author

Glenn Shafer

Glenn Shafer is University Professor at Rutgers University.

Vladimir Vovk is Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Shafer and Vovk are the authors of Probability and Finance: It’s Only a Game, published by Wiley and co-authors of Algorithmic Learning in a Random World. Shafer’s other previous books include A Mathematical Theory of Evidence and The Art of Causal Conjecture.

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