Game Theory
a very short introduction
$28.37
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
31 October 2007
Summary
Unlock the Secrets of Strategy: A Concise Introduction to Game Theory
Games are everywhere: Drivers manoeuvring in heavy traffic are playing a driving game. Bargain hunters bidding on eBay are playing an auctioning game. A firm negotiating next year’s wage is playing a bargaining game. The opposing candidates in an election are playing a political game. The supermarket’s price for corn flakes is decided by playing an economic game.
Game theory is about how to play such games…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199218462 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0199218463 |
| Series: | Very Short Introductions |
| Author: | Ken Binmore |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 31 October 2007 |
| Weight: | 151g |
| Dimensions: | 175mm x 110mm x 10mm |
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About The Author
Ken Binmore
Ken Binmore is Emeritus Professor of Economics at University College, London. He has held Chairs in Economics at LSE, the University of Michigan and UCL, and is a Visiting Professor of Economics at the University of Bristol and a Fellow of the Centre for Philosophy at LSE. He began his academic career as a pure mathematician before becoming interested in game theory. Since that time, he has devoted himself to the subject, in particular designing major telecomauctions in many countries across the world. As a consequence of the £23.4 billion pounds raised by the telecom auction he organized in the UK, he was described by Newsweek magazine as the “ruthless,poker-playing economist who destroyed the telecom industry “. But he nowadays devotes his time to applying game theory to the problem of the evolution of morality. The most recent of his numerous books is Playing for Real (Oxford, 2007).
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