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Subject(s)

• Game theory—History [Browse]
• Mathematical models [Browse]

Related name

• Dimand, Robert W. (Robert William) [Browse]

Series

• Routledge studies in the history of economics. [More in this series]
• A history of game theory ; 1

Summary note

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.

Notes

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language note

English

Contents

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

ISBN

• 0-429-23124-5
• 1-134-90780-X
• 1-280-32108-3
• 0-203-41647-3

OCLC

• 437078839
• 1000436964

Doi

• 10.4324/9780203416471

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