Introduction to the Theory of Games

Tamer Başar ()
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Tamer Başar: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Coordinated Science Laboratory and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Chapter 1 in Handbook of Dynamic Game Theory, 2018, pp 3-59 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter provides a general introduction to the theory of games, as a prelude to other chapters in this Handbook of Dynamic Game Theory which discuss in depth various aspects of dynamic and differential games. The present chapter describes in general terms what game theory is, its historical origins, general formulation (concentrating primarily on static games), various solution concepts, and some key results (again primarily for static games). The conceptual framework laid out here sets the stage for dynamic games covered by other chapters in the Handbook.

Keywords: Game theory; Dynamic games; Historical evolution of game theory; Zero-sum games; Nonzero-sum games; Strategic equivalence; Saddle-point equilibrium; Nash equilibrium; Correlated equilibrium; Stackelberg equilibrium; Computational methods; Linear-quadratic games (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-44374-4_1

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