ECN216-2016fa
Game Theory
Frederick H. Chen
http://college.wfu.edu/economics/faculty-and-staff/fred-chen
http://www.frederickchen.org/teaching/ecn216
http://static.wfu.edu/files/pdf/academics/ugb2016-2017.pdf
(3h) Introduction to mathematical models of social and strategic interactions.
P—ECN 205 and MTH 109. (D)
Games of Strategy
4th Ed.
Avinash Dixit, Susan Skeath, David H. Reiley
ISBN: 9780393124446
Print Length: 736 pages
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 4 edition (January 5, 2015)
Publication Date: January 17, 2015
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_theory
Guess the average game
Oskar Morgenstern
John von Neumann
John Nash
static complete
Nash equilibrium (NE) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nash_equilibrium
dynamic complete
subgame perfect equilibrium (SPE)
static incomplete
dyanmic incomplete
Perfect Bayesian NE (PBNE)
"solve" games
Normal-form games
strategies
payoffs
Rock-Paper-Scissors
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma
First Prize Auction
Second Prize Auction
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auction
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auction_theory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-sum_game
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stag_hunt
golden balls. the weirdest split or steal ever!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0qjK3TWZE8
Bachelor Pad- Prisoner's Dilema
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb2xTSikPdg
one size fit none
http://time.com/how-to-fix-vanity-sizing/
Altruism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_game_theory#Routes_to_altruism
Envy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Envy-freeness
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inequity_aversion
http://www.gametheory.net/dictionary/games/AssuranceGame.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_sexes_(game_theory)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetric_game
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videotape_format_war
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTY
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvorak_Simplified_Keyboard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordination_game
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focal_point_(game_theory)
Mission Impossible: In Search of Strangers in New York City
http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=1730849
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uESGjRQNEYk
doping
Hotelling Location Game
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Location_model
CBS 60 minutes
born good? babies help unlock the origins of morality 13m32s 2012/11/1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRvVFW85IcU
The Princess Bride - The Battle of Wits (1987)