| dc.description.abstract | This book is a compilation of much of the material I used for various game theory
courses over the past decades. The first part, Thinking Strategically, is intended
for undergraduate students in economics or business, but can also serve as an
introduction for the subsequent parts of the book. The second and third parts go
deeper into the various topics treated in the first part. These parts are intended
for more mathematically oriented undergraduate students, or for graduate students
in (for instance) economics. Part II is on noncooperative games and Part III on
cooperative games. Part IV consists of a mathematical tools chapter, a chapter with
review problems for Part I, and a chapter with hints and solutions to the problems
of all chapters. Every chapter has a section with problems.
Thematerial draws heavily on game theory texts developed by many others, often
in collaboration. I mention in particular Jean Derks, Thijs Jansen, Andrés Perea, Ton
Storcken, Frank Thuijsman, Stef Tijs, Dries Vermeulen, and Koos Vrieze. I am also
seriously indebted to a large number of introductory, intermediate, and advanced
texts and textbooks on game theory, and hope I have succeeded in giving sufficient
credits to the authors of these works in all due places. | en_US |
