Game Theory
Simultaneous games: normal form, mixed strategies, Nash equilibria. Minimax and zero-sum games. Correlated balances. Algorithms for determining equilibria. Sequential games: extensive representation, perfect balance in sub-games, games with imperfect information. Repeated games and popular theorem
Basic Information
Workload
60 hours
Mandatory:
- Binmore, Ken - Playing for Real. A Text on Game Theory. Oxford University Press
- Fudenberg, Drew e Tirole, Jean - Game Theory. MIT Press.
- Nisam, Noam - Algorithmic Game Theory. Cambridge University Press (disponível online em http://www.cambridge.org/journals/nisan/downloads/Nisan_Non-printable.pdf)
Complementary:
- Gibbons, Robert - Game Theory for Applied Economists. Princeton University Press
- Myerson, R. B. - Game Theory: Analysis of Conflict. Harvard University Press
- Gintis, Herbert - Game Theory Evolving: A Problem-Centered Introduction to Modeling Strategic Interaction. Princeton University Press
- Smith, J. M. - Evolution and the Theory of Games - Cambridge University Press
- Friedman, Daniel e Sinervo, Barry. Evolutionary Games in Natural, Social, and Virtual Worlds. Oxford University Press.