game theory: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

The seminal work in game theory is John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern, Theory of Games and Economic Behavior, 3rd ed. (1953, reprinted 1980). Avinash K. Dixit and Barry J. Nalebuff, Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life (1991), uses case studies, without formal mathematical analysis, to introduce the principles of game theory. Two introductions that require only high school algebra are Avinash K. Dixit and Susan Skeath, Games of Strategy (1999); and Philip D. Straffin, Game Theory (1993).

Applications of game theory are presented in Nesmith C. Ankeny, Poker Strategy: Winning with Game Theory (1981, reprinted 1982); Robert Axelrod, The Evolution of Cooperation (1984); Douglas G. Baird, Robert H. Gertner, and Randal C. Picker, Game Theory and the Law (1994); Steven J. Brams, Biblical Games: Game Theory and the Hebrew Bible, 2nd ed. (2002); Steven J. Brams, Theory of Moves (1994); Dan S. Felsenthal and Moshé Machover, The Measurement of Voting Power: Theory and Practice, Problems and Paradoxes (1998); Barry O’Neill, Honor, Symbols, and War (1999); and Karl Sigmund, Games of Life: Explorations in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior (1993).

Histories of game theory can be found in William Poundstone, Prisoner’s Dilemma: John von Neumann, Game Theory, and the Puzzle of the Bomb (1992); and E. Roy Weintraub (ed.), Toward a History of Game Theory (1992).

Steven J. Brams

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Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Game Theory in Defence Applications: A Review. Dec 21, 2024
Add new Web site: Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research - Game Theory - Nash Equilibrium and its Applications. Oct 24, 2024
Add new Web site: Gresham College - The Maths of Game Theory. Sep 12, 2024
Add new Web site: The University of Chicago Law School - Chicago Unbound - An Introduction to Game Theory and the Law. Jul 31, 2024
Add new Web site: BBC News - What exactly is 'game theory'? May 10, 2024
Add new Web site: Carnegie Mellon University - School of Computer Science - Introduction to Game Theory. Mar 28, 2024
Add new Web site: Pressbooks - Senior Seminar Online Portfolio - Game Theory. Feb 16, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Game theory. Oct 09, 2023
Add new Web site: PBS - American Experience - Game Theory Explained. Jun 20, 2023
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Add new Web site: The Ohio State University - Department of Mathematics - What is... Game Theory? Apr 07, 2023
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Add new Web site: Social Sciences Libretexts - Game Theory. Dec 06, 2022
Add new Web site: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Game Theory. Sep 20, 2022
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Add new Web site: Investopedia - Game Theory. Jan 24, 2021
Corrected display issue. Aug 06, 2020
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Add new Web site: The Library of Economics and Liberty - Game Theory. Jan 28, 2013
Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Game Theory. Jan 28, 2013
Changed "The Netherlands" to "the Netherlands." Aug 20, 2010
Added new Web site: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Game Theory. Oct 30, 2006
Bibliography revised. Sep 29, 2006
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