Game Theory Evolving (eBook)

A Problem-Centered Introduction to Modeling Strategic Interaction - Second Edition

Herbert Gintis (Autor)

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2009 | 2., Second Edition
408 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-3007-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Since its original publication in 2000, Game Theory Evolving has been considered the best textbook on evolutionary game theory. This completely revised and updated second edition of Game Theory Evolving contains new material and shows students how to apply game theory to model human behavior in ways that reflect the special nature of sociality and individuality. The textbook continues its in-depth look at cooperation in teams, agent-based simulations, experimental economics, the evolution and diffusion of preferences, and the connection between biology and economics. Recognizing that students learn by doing, the textbook introduces principles through practice. Herbert Gintis exposes students to the techniques and applications of game theory through a wealth of sophisticated and surprisingly fun-to-solve problems involving human and animal behavior. The second edition includes solutions to the problems presented and information related to agent-based modeling. In addition, the textbook incorporates instruction in using mathematical software to solve complex problems. Game Theory Evolving is perfect for graduate and upper-level undergraduate economics students, and is a terrific introduction for ambitious do-it-yourselfers throughout the behavioral sciences. Revised and updated edition relevant for courses across disciplines Perfect for graduate and upper-level undergraduate economics courses Solutions to problems presented throughout Incorporates instruction in using computational software for complex problem solving Includes in-depth discussions of agent-based modeling

Autor

Herbert Gintis holds faculty positions at the Santa Fe Institute, Central European University, and University of Siena. He has coedited numerous books, including Moral Sentiments and Material Interests, Unequal Chances (Princeton), and Foundations of Human Sociality.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.1.2009
• Zusatzinfo: 79 line illus. 2 tables.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Angewandte Mathematik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
• Schlagworte: Alice and Bob • Almost surely • Backward Induction • Bayesian probability • bidding • Binary Relation • bribery • Calculation • Competition • Competition (economics) • Conditional probability • Constant of integration • consumer • Coordination game • Customer • Decision-Making • deductible • defection • Demand curve • Derivative • Determinant • Diagram (category theory) • differential equation • diffusion process • discriminant • Dynamical system • Economic equilibrium • Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors • Emergence • Employment • Equation • evolutionarily stable strategy • evolutionary game theory • Expected utility hypothesis • expected value • Expense • exponential growth • Extensive-form game • Folk theorem (game theory) • Frequency distribution • fundamental theorem • Incentive • Incentive Compatibility • income • Indifference curve • insurance • Interest Rate • Investment • Jacobian matrix and determinant • linear differential equation • Linearization • Loss Function • Marginal cost • Marginal product • Markov Chain • Monopoly price • Monotonic Function • Nash Equilibrium • Neoclassical Economics • Outcome (game theory) • Pareto Efficiency • Payment • Pooling (resource management) • Preference (economics) • Preference Relation • Present Value • Principal–agent problem • Prisoner's dilemma • Probability • Probability Distribution • Probability Theory • Quantity • rational agent • Rationality • Replicator equation • residual claimant • result • Risk Aversion • Saddle point • Search cost • Sexual Selection • Social reality • stationary distribution • stationary process • Stochastic process • Strategy • Strategy (game theory) • Subgame Perfect Equilibrium • Subset • symmetric equilibrium • Theft • Theorem • theory • Total Cost • Trigger strategy • Utility • wage • Wage curve • Wealth • Zero-sum Game
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-3007-9 / 1400830079
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-3007-7 / 9781400830077