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Author Davis, Morton D., 1930-

Title Game theory : a nontechnical introduction / Morton D. Davis ; with a foreword by Oskar Morgenstern.

Publication Info. Mineola, New York : Dover Publications, 1997.
©1983

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  519.3 D295g 1997    ---  Available
Description xix, 252 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Note "An unabridged and unaltered republication of the 1983 revised edition of the work published by Basic Books, Inc., New York"--Title page verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-241) and index.
Contents 1. An overview -- 2. The two-person, zero-sum game with equilibrium points -- 3. The general, two-person, zero-sum game -- 4. Utility theory -- 5. The two-person, non-zero-sum game -- 6. The n-person game.
Summary Fascinating, accessible introduction to enormously important intellectual system with numerous applications to social, economic, political problems. Newly revised edition offers overview of game theory, then lucid coverage of the two-person zero-sum game with equilibrium points; the general, two-person zero-sum game; utility theory; other topics. Problems at start of each chapter--Publisher's description.
Subject Game theory.
Game theory. (OCoLC)fst00937501
Added Author Morgenstern, Oskar, author of foreword.
ISBN 0486296725 (pbk.)
9780486296722 (pbk.)

 
    
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