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History Of Game Theory, Volume 1by Mary-Ann Dimand; Robert Dimand
Routledge 1996; US$ 200.00This 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. more...
Game Theoryby Shaun P. Hargreaves-Heap; Yanis Varoufakis
Routledge 1995; US$ 65.00Requiring no more than basic arithmetic, this book provides a careful and accessible introduction to the basic pillars of Game Theory, tracing its intellectual origins and philosophical premises. more...
Game Theory and Economic Analysisby Christian Schmidt
Routledge 2002; US$ 200.00This book presents the huge variety of current contributions of game theory to economics. The reader is taken through a concise history of game theory and exposed to original pieces of work that are significant to game theory as a whole. more...
Mathematics and Sex by Creswell Clio
Allen & Unwin 2003; US$ 19.60Jump into bed with Dr Clio Cresswell and discover just how mathematics can unlock the secrets of love, lust and life's search for the ideal partner. Answering such questions as - just how many lovers should you have before settling down, why are you attracted to some people and not others, and just what is it that makes your biological clock tick? This is a book that will change the way you look at love, life and polynomial equations! more...
An Introduction to Optimizationby Edwin K. P. Chong; Stanislaw H. Zak
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2004; US$ 149.00A modern, up-to-date introduction to optimization theory and methods This authoritative book serves as an introductory text to optimization at the senior undergraduate and beginning graduate levels. With consistently accessible and elementary treatment of all topics, An Introduction to Optimization, Second Edition helps students build a solid working knowledge of the field, including unconstrained optimization, linear programming, and constrained optimization. Supplemented with more than one hundred tables and illustrations, an extensive bibliography, and numerous worked examples to illustrate both theory and algorithms, this book also provides: * A review of the required mathematical background material * A mathematical discussion at a level... more...
State, Anarchy and Collective Decisionsby Dr Alex Coram
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2001; US$ 115.00State, Anarchy and Collective Decisions provides an introduction to the applications of game theory to a series of questions that are fundamental in political economy. These questions include: Why do we need states? What might happen without protection for life and property? How might tribes or criminal gangs behave in struggles over material possessions? Would people tell the truth if asked what they wanted? more...
Economic Concepts for the Social Sciencesby Todd Sandler
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 24.00This book presents an overview and assessment of the conceptual advances in economics during the last century. The book relies heavily on engaging examples, intended to draw in the reader and to demonstrate the far-reaching application of economic reasoning to social phenomena. more...
The Geometry of Efficient Fair Divisionby Julius B. Barbanel; Alan D. Taylor
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 112.00The author focuses exclusively on abstract existence results, rather than algorithms, and on the geometric objects that arise naturally in this context. By examining the shape of these objects and the relationship between them, he demonstrates several results concerning efficiency properties such as Pareto maximality and fairness properties such as envy-freeness for partitions. more...
Group Formation in Economicsby Gabrielle Demange; Myrna Wooders
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 83.00Broad and diverse ranges of activities are conducted within and by organized groups of individuals, including political, economic and social activities. The purpose of this volume is to introduce the reader to game-theoretic treatments of group formation. more...
A Simple Game-Theoretic Approach to Suppression of Enemy Defenses and Other Time Critical Target Analysesby Thomas Hamilton; Richard Mesic
RAND Corporation 2004; US$ 9.95The effectiveness of attacks on time critical targets (suppression of enemy air defenses, interdiction, and anti-theater ballistic missile missions) often depends on decisions made by the adversary. Game theory is a way to study likely changes in enemy behavior resulting from various attack capabilities and goals. more...