"Free Online Course: Game Theory" Topic
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Editor in Chief Bill | 07 Sep 2015 3:48 p.m. PST |
The course covers the basics: representing games and strategies, the extensive form (which computer scientists call game trees), repeated and stochastic games, coalitional games, and Bayesian games (modeling things like auctions). Popularized by movies such as "A Beautiful Mind", game theory is the mathematical modeling of strategic interaction among rational (and irrational) agents. Beyond what we call 'games' in common language, such as chess, poker, soccer, etc., it includes the modeling of conflict among nations, political campaigns, competition among firms, and trading behavior in markets such as the NYSE. How could you begin to model eBay, Google keyword auctions, and peer to peer file-sharing networks, without accounting for the incentives of the people using them? The course will provide the basics: representing games and strategies, the extensive form (which computer scientists call game trees), Bayesian games (modeling things like auctions), repeated and stochastic games, and more. We'll include a variety of examples including classic games and real-world applications.
Starts 11th September link |
greenknight4 | 08 Sep 2015 9:15 a.m. PST |
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McLaddie | 08 Sep 2015 5:08 p.m. PST |
Stanford and other universities put on a number of courses in game theory and game design for free. Much better visuals and audio. coursera.org |
JonFreitag | 08 Sep 2015 5:10 p.m. PST |
MIT offered an excellent course for free on Game Theory too. |
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