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Title:
An introduction to game-theoretic modelling
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Series:
Student mathematical library ; v. 11
Edition:
2nd ed.
Publication Information:
Providence, RI : American Mathematical Society, 2001
Physical Description:
xxiv, 368 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:
9780821819296

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This is an introduction to game theory and applications with an emphasis on self-discovery from the perspective of a mathematical modeller. The book deals in a unified manner with the central concepts of both classical and evolutionary game theory. The key ideas are illustrated throughout by a wide variety of well-chosen examples of both human and non-human behavior, including car pooling, price fixing, food sharing, sex allocation and competition for territories or oviposition sites. There are numerous exercises with solutions.


Table of Contents

Introduction
Noncooperative games
Evolutionary stability and other selection criteria
Cooperative games in strategic form
Characteristic function games
Cooperation and the prisoner's dilemma
More population games
Appraisal
The tracing procedure
Solutions to selected exercises
Bibliography
Index