game theory

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Introduction
Classification of games
One-person games
Two-person constant-sum games
- Games of perfect information
- Games of imperfect information
- Mixed strategies and the minimax theorem
- Utility theory
Two-person variable-sum games
- Cooperative versus noncooperative games
- The Nash solution
- The prisoner’s dilemma
  - Theory of moves
  - Biological applications
N-person games
- Sequential and simultaneous truels
- Power in voting: the paradox of the chair’s position
- The von Neumann–Morgenstern theory
- The Banzhaf value in voting games

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Émile Borel

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Alvin E. Roth.

Alvin E. Roth

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Robert J. Aumann

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David Blackwell

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John C. Harsanyi

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Selten, Reinhard

Reinhard Selten

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Richard E. Stearns

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R.B. Braithwaite

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