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Game Theory: A Very Short Introduction
Game Theory: A Very Short Introduction
by Ken Binmore
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Games are everywhere: Drivers maneuvering in heavy traffic are playing a driving game. Bargain hunters bidding on eBay are playing an auctioning game. The supermarket's price for corn flakes is decided by playing an economic game. This Very Short... (read more)

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Differential Games
Differential Games
by Avner Friedman
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This volume lays the mathematical foundations for the theory of differential games, developing a rigorous mathematical framework with existence theorems. It begins with a precise definition of a differential game and advances to considerations of games... (read more)

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Makers of Mathematics:
Makers of Mathematics:
by Stuart Hollingdale
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Each chapter of this portrait of the evolution of mathematics examines the work of an individual — Archimedes, Descartes, Fermat, Pascal, Newton, Einstein, and others — to explore the mathematics of his era. Rather... (read more)

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Course in Modern Theory
Course in Modern Theory
by Katrin Tent
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This concise introduction to model theory begins with standard notions and takes the reader through to more advanced topics such as stability, simplicity and Hrushovski constructions. The authors introduce the classic results, as well as more recent... (read more)

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Lessons in Play: An Introduction to Combinatorial Game Theory
Lessons in Play: An Introduction to Combinatorial Game Theory
by Michael H. Albert
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Combinatorial games are games of pure strategy involving two players, with perfect information and no element of chance. Starting from the very basics of gameplay and strategy, the authors cover a wide range of topics, from game algebra to special... (read more)

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Annals of the International Society of Dynamic Games #11: Advances in Dynamic Games: Theory, Applications, and Numerical Methods for Differential and Stochastic Games
Annals of the International Society of Dynamic Games #11: Advances in Dynamic Games: Theory, Applications, and Numerical Methods for Differential and Stochastic Games
by Michele (edt) Breton
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This book focuses on various aspects of dynamic game theory, presenting state-of-the-art research and serving as a testament to the vitality and growth of the field of dynamic games and their applications. The selected contributions, written by experts... (read more)

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Econometrics of Financial High-Frequency Data
Econometrics of Financial High-Frequency Data
by Nikolaus Hautsch
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The availability of financial data recorded on high-frequency level has inspired a research area which over the last decade emerged to a major area in econometrics and statistics. The growing popularity of high-frequency econometrics is driven by... (read more)

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Prisoner's Dilemma : John Von Neumann, Game Theory and the Puzzle of the Bomb (92 Edition)
Prisoner's Dilemma : John Von Neumann, Game Theory and the Puzzle of the Bomb (92 Edition)
by William Poundstone
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John von Neumann invented the digital computer, played a key role in the development of the atom bomb, constructed a branch of mathematics known as game theory, and became a defender of a movement to bomb the Russians before they could bomb us. Now comes... (read more)

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Multilevel Models: Applications Using SAS
Multilevel Models: Applications Using SAS
by Jichuan Wang
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This book covers a broad range of topics about multilevel modeling. The goal is to help readersto understand the basic concepts, theoretical frameworks, and application methods of multilevel modeling. Itis at a level also accessible to non-mathematicians,... (read more)

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The Survival Game: How Game Theory Explains the Biology of Cooperation and Competition
The Survival Game: How Game Theory Explains the Biology of Cooperation and Competition
by David P Barash
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-287) and index.... (read more)

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Games and Decisions: Introduction and Critical Survey
Games and Decisions: Introduction and Critical Survey
by R. Duncan Luce and Howard Raiffa
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"The best book available for non-mathematicians." — Contemporary Psychology. Superb nontechnical introduction to game theory and related disciplines, primarily as applied to the social sciences. Clear, comprehensive coverage of utility theory... (read more)

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A Concrete Approach to Mathematical Modelling
A Concrete Approach to Mathematical Modelling
by Mike Mesterton-Gibbons
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WILEY-INTERSCIENCE PAPERBACK SERIES The Wiley-Interscience Paperback Series consists of selected books that have been made more accessible to consumers in an effort to increase global appeal and general circulation. With these new unabridged softcover... (read more)

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Equilibrium & Rationality: Game Theory Revised by Decision Rules
Equilibrium & Rationality: Game Theory Revised by Decision Rules
by Paul Weirich
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This major contribution to game theory offers this conception of equilibrium in games: strategic equilibrium.... (read more)

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Springer Optimization and Its Applications #21: Decision Modeling and Behavior in Complex and Uncertain Environments
Springer Optimization and Its Applications #21: Decision Modeling and Behavior in Complex and Uncertain Environments
by Tamar (edt) Kugler
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This text is devoted to examining new research at the interface of operations research, behavioral and cognitive sciences, and decision analysis. In these 14 self-contained chapters, four themes emerge, providing the reader with a variety of perspectives... (read more)

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Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Publications #42: More Games of No Chance
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Publications #42: More Games of No Chance
by Richard J. Nowakowski
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"Combinatorial games: selected bibliography with a succinct gourmet introduction": p. 475-535. Includes bibliographical references and index.... (read more)

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Nonlinear Optimization and Related Topics
Nonlinear Optimization and Related Topics
by G. Di Pillo
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This volume contains the edited texts of the lectures presented at the Workshop on Nonlinear Optimization held in Erice, Sicily, at the `G. Stampacchia' School of Mathematics of the `E. Majorana' Centre for Scientific Culture, June 23-July 2, 1998. In... (read more)

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Game Theory (3RD 95 Edition)
Game Theory (3RD 95 Edition)
by Guillermo Owen
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k to cover all salient aspects of this field that, having displaced Keynesian economics, is making inroads throughout the social sciences. Key Features * Explores the work of 1994 Nobel Prize Winners * Full expansion of cooperative game theory sections *... (read more)

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Ergebnisse Der Mathematik Und Ihrer Grenzgebiete. 3. Folge / #45: Kdv & Kam
Ergebnisse Der Mathematik Und Ihrer Grenzgebiete. 3. Folge / #45: Kdv & Kam
by Thomas Kappeler
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This text treats the Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation with periodic boundary conditions. This equation models waves in homogeneous, weakly nonlinear and weakly dispersive media in general. For the first time, these important results are comprehensively... (read more)

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Labyrinths of Reason: Paradox, Puzzles, and the Frailty of Knowledge
Labyrinths of Reason: Paradox, Puzzles, and the Frailty of Knowledge
by William Poundstone
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This sharply intelligent, consistently provocative book takes the reader on an astonishing, thought-provoking voyage into the realm of delightful uncertainty--a world of paradox in which logical argument leads to contradiction and common sense is... (read more)

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Dynamic Model Analysis
Dynamic Model Analysis
by Mario Faliva
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This monograph provides an insightful analysis of dynamic modeling in econometrics by bridging the structural with the time series approaches, and by focusing on representation theorems of integrated processes.... (read more)

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