Game Theory

This book describes the theory structure underlying contests, in which players expend effort and/or spend money in trying to get ahead of one another. Uniquely, this effort is sunk and cannot be recovered, regardless of whether a player wins or loses in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781735340883Author Dan LevyFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Dan LevyPublisher Dan LevyWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm * 15mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922607348Author Alice VigorsFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Amba PressPublisher Amba PressWeight(grams) 272g

We make choices all the time - about trivial matters, about how to spend our money, about how to spend our time, about what to do with our lives. And we are also constantly judging the decisions other people make as rational or irrational. But what kind...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781456624538Author Bo BennettFormat HardbackPage Count 454Imprint Ebookit.comPublisher Ebookit.comWeight(grams) 816gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 29mm

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781736119204Author Amen M RahhFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Revolutionary Education PublishingPublisher Revolutionary Education...

Want to sharpen your mathematical wits? If so, then Mathematical Conundrums is for you. Daily Telegraph enigmatologist, Barry R. Clarke, presents over 120 fiendish problems that will test both your ingenuity and persistence. Between these covers are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781886070257Author Bill ChenFormat PaperbackPage Count 382Imprint ConJelCo LLCPublisher ConJelCo LLCWeight(grams) 535g

The Towards Outstanding series offers essential resources for health and social care services regulated by the Care Quality Commission, built around the 'five questions' that inspectors use (are services safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led?)...

This volume provides the definitive treatment of fortune's formula or the Kelly capital growth criterion as it is often called. The strategy is to maximize long run wealth of the investor by maximizing the period by period expected utility of wealth with...

This textbook analyses the origins and effects of insider risk, using multiple real-life case histories to illustrate the principles, and explains how to protect organisations against the risk.Some of the most problematic risks confronting businesses and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646117680Author Esther Pia CordovaFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Rockridge PressPublisher Rockridge PressWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

The benefits and importance of Socratic seminars are widely recognized, but little has been written on how to make them happen successfully in the classroom. In Socratic Circles: Fostering Critical and Creative Thinking in Middle and High School , author...

How society can shape individual actions in times of uncertaintyWhen we make decisions, our thinking is informed by societal norms, “guardrails” that guide our decisions, like the laws and rules that govern us. But what are good guardrails in today’s...

Game Theory isn't just for poker players or economists. You don't have to be a microeconomics or political science expert to understand it _ discover the theory of decision making and optimize your strategic thinking with the help of Gladiators, Pirates...

From a pioneer in experimental economics, an expanded and updated edition of a textbook that brings economic experiments into the classroomEconomics is rapidly becoming a more experimental science, and the best way to convey insights from this research...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262542203Author Joel David HamkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Provides a tried-and-tested methodology for conducting excellent management system audits in all types of organisations. Offers key tips and ‘A-Factors’ (Auditing Factors or “Asbury Factors”) which assist auditors to develop, and to perform their work to...

Now revised and updated, this introduction to decision theory is both accessible and comprehensive, covering topics including decision making under ignorance and risk, the foundations of utility theory, the debate over subjective and objective...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781525554247Author Hugh J FinlaysonFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint FriesenPressPublisher FriesenPressWeight(grams) 445gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm *...

Co-opetition offers a new way of thinking that combines competition and cooperation. It is the first book to adapt game theory to the needs of CEOs, managers and entrepreneurs. Though often compared to games like chess or poker, business is different -...

This book introduces one of the most powerful tools of modern economics to a wide audience: those who will later construct or consume game-theoretic models. Robert Gibbons addresses scholars in applied fields within economics who want a serious and...

The world is becoming more hazardous as natural and social processes combine to create complex situations of increased vulnerability and risk. There is increasing recognition that this trend is creating exigencies that must be dealt with. The common...

Why do humans, uniquely among animals, cooperate in large numbers to advance projects for the common good? Contrary to the conventional wisdom in biology and economics, this generous and civic-minded behavior is widespread and cannot be explained simply...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486296722Author Morton D. DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Mathematics of Tabletop Games provides a bridge between mathematics and hobby tabletop gaming. Instead of focusing on games mathematicians play, such as nim and chomp, this book starts with the tabletop games played by avid gamers and hopes to address...

This textbook invites the reader to develop a holistic grounding in mathematical finance, where concepts and intuition play as important a role as powerful mathematical tools. Financial interactions are characterized by a vast amount of data and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486251011Author John Davis WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

The scientific study of complex systems has transformed a wide range of disciplines in recent years, enabling researchers in both the natural and social sciences to model and predict phenomena as diverse as earthquakes, global warming, demographic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780944583319Author Richard PaulFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Foundation for Critical ThinkingPublisher Foundation for Critical ThinkingWeight(grams)...

A global catastrophic risk is one with the potential to wreak death and destruction on a global scale. In human history, wars and plagues have done so on more than one occasion, and misguided ideologies and totalitarian regimes have darkened an entire...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262061414Author Drew FudenbergFormat HardbackPage Count 604Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 1361gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm * 35mm

Concepts, methods and techniques of statistical physics in the study of correlated, as well as uncorrelated, phenomena are being applied ever increasingly in the natural sciences, biology and economics in an attempt to understand and model the large...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781680921212Author Leighton LehmanFormat HardbackPage Count 1010Imprint 12th Media ServicesPublisher 12th Media ServicesWeight(grams) 2590gDimensions(mm)...

Over the last 25 years, evolutionary game theory has grown with theoretical contributions from the disciplines of mathematics, economics, computer science and biology. It is now ripe for applications. In this book, Daniel Friedman---an economist trained...

Praise for the First Edition"Luck, Logic, and White Lies teaches readers of all backgrounds about the insight mathematical knowledge can bring and is highly recommended reading among avid game players, both to better understand the game itself and to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451626636Author Martin NowakFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm) 214mm *...

When should you adopt an aggressive business strategy? How do we make decisions when we don't have all the information? What makes international environmental cooperation possible?Game theory is the study of how we make a decision when the outcome of our...

AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'Masterly... Utterly compelling... A highly readable and engaging tour' Sam Freedman, The TimesFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our era of risk-and the players...