Ebook: Game Theory and Experimental Games: the Study of Strategic Interaction

Game Theory and Experimental Games: The Study of Strategic Interaction is a critical survey of the essential ideas of game theory and the findings of empirical research on strategic interaction. Some experiments using lifelike simulations of familiar kinds of strategic interactions are presented, and applications of game theory to the study of voting, the theory of evolution, and moral philosophy are discussed. Comprised of 13 chapters, this volume begins with an informal definition of game theory and an outline of the types of social situations to which it applies. Games of skill, game.;Front Cover; Game Theory and Experimental Games: The Study of Strategic Interaction; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction to the Series; Preface; PART I: BACKGROUND; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1.1 Intuitive Background; 1.2 Abstract Models: Basic Terminology; 1.3 Skill, Chance, and Strategy; 1.4 Historical Background; 1.5 Summary; Chapter 2. One-Person Games; 2.1 Games Against Nature; 2.2 Certainty; 2.3 Risk; 2.4 Utility Theory; 2.5 Uncertainty; 2.6 Summary; Chapter 3. Pure Coordination Games and the Minimal Social Situation; 3.1 Strategic Collaboration; 3.2 Pure Coordination Games.