Mary-Ann Dimand, Robert W Dimand

The History of Game Theory, Volume 1

From the Beginnings to 1945

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This first volume (of three) examines the methodological origins of game theory up to the Second World War. It adds to the understanding of game theory's contentious roots and offers insights into modern applications of the theory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9781138006607
• ISBN-10: 1138006602
• Artikelnr.: 39711869

Autorenporträt

Mary-Ann Dimand, Robert W Dimand

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Introduction: Defining Game Theory and its History
Chapter 2. Strategic Interdependence: Cournot and Duopoly Chapter
3. Cournot's Heirs and Asymmetry
Chapter 4. Strategic Interdependence: Bilateral Monopoly
Chapter 5. Lewis Caroll and the Game of Politics
Chapter 6. Early Mathematical Models of Conflict: the Contributions of Lanchester and Richardson
Chapter 7. The Minimax Approach to Noncooperative Strategic Games from Waldegrave to Borel Chapter
8. From Games of Pure Chance to Strategic Games: French Probabilists and Early Game Theory
Chapter 9. Von Neumann and Morgenstern in Historical Perspective References