UID:
edocfu_9959236980902883
Format:
1 online resource (200 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-429-23124-5
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1-134-90780-X
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1-280-32108-3
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0-203-41647-3
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in the history of economics 1
Content:
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.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; INTRODUCTION: DEFINING GAME THEORY AND ITS HISTORY; STRATEGIC INTERDEPENDENCE: COURNOT AND DUOPOLY; STRATEGIC INTERDEPENDENCE: COURNOT'S HEIRS AND ASYMMETRY; STRATEGIC INTERDEPENDENCE: BILATERAL MONOPOLY; LEWIS CARROLL AND THE GAME OF POLITICS; EARLY MATHEMATICAL MODELS OF CONFLICT; THE MINIMAX APPROACH TO NON-COOPERATIVE STRATEGIC GAMES FROM WALDEGRAVE TO BOREL; FROM GAMES OF PURE CHANCE TO STRATEGIC GAMES: FRENCH PROBABILISTS AND EARLY GAME THEORY; VON NEUMANN AND MORGENSTERN IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; Notes; Bibliography; Index
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-138-00660-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-07257-3
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203416471
