The paper gives a brief survey of the origins of game theory. The author argues that the game theory of von Neumann and Morgenstern should be seen as an attempt to formulate more realistic behavioral ...

The place of the economist John Nash in the pantheon of "greats" in game theory, and economics in general, is not based on the development of powerful new mathematical methods but rather on some ...

THIS book is based on the theory that the economic man attempts to maximize his share of the world's goods and services in the same way that a participant in a game involving many players attempts to ...

Thomas C. Schelling and Robert Aumann are co-winners of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Economics. The two worked independently to apply game theory to social and political problems. Robert Siegel speaks with ...

Economist Michael Chwe has written a book called “Jane Austen: Game Theorist.” Do you need more of a reason to read this post? Video from Michael Chwe’s YouTube channel. I’m a specialist in game ...

John Wooders receives funding from the Australian Research Council. A two-page paper published by John Nash in 1950 is a seminal contribution to the field of Game Theory and of our general ...

Economist Michael Chwe has written a book called “Jane Austen: Game Theorist.” Do you need more of a reason to read this post? Video from Michael Chwe’s YouTube channel. I’m a specialist in game ...

Partha Gangopadhyay does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

So you’re standing at the edge of a cliff, chained by the ankle to someone else. You’ll be released, and one of you will get a large prize, as soon as the other gives in. How do you persuade the other ...

Thanks to the sterling efforts of Sylvia Nasar, Ron Howard, and Russell Crowe, many people are aware that John Nash, the Princeton mathematician who was killed over the weekend in a car crash on the ...