An Introduction to Game-Theoretic Modelling
eBook - PDF

An Introduction to Game-Theoretic Modelling

Third Edition

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

An Introduction to Game-Theoretic Modelling

Third Edition

About this book

This book introduces game theory and its applications from an applied mathematician's perspective, systematically developing tools and concepts for game-theoretic modelling in the life and social sciences. Filled with down-to-earth examples of strategic behavior in humans and other animals, the book presents a unified account of the central ideas of both classical and evolutionary game theory. Unlike many books on game theory, which focus on mathematical and recreational aspects of the subject, this book emphasizes using games to answer questions of current scientific interest.In the present third edition, the author has added substantial new material on evolutionarily stable strategies and their use in behavioral ecology. The only prerequisites are calculus and some exposure to matrix algebra, probability, and differential equations.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title page
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Agenda
  6. Chapter 1. Community Games
  7. Chapter 2. Population Games
  8. Chapter 3. Cooperative Games in Strategic Form
  9. Chapter 4. Cooperative Games in Nonstrategic Form
  10. Chapter 5. Cooperation and the Prisoner’s Dilemma
  11. Chapter 6. Continuous Population Games
  12. Chapter 7. Discrete Population Games
  13. Chapter 8. Triadic Population Games
  14. Chapter 9. Appraisal
  15. Appendix A. Bimatrix Games
  16. Appendix B. Answers or Hints for Selected Exercises
  17. Bibliography
  18. Index
  19. Back Cover