San Rafael, Calif (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA)
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Morgan & Claypool Publishers,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2008.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 electronic text (xvi, 88 p. ill.) , digital file.
SERIES
Series Title
(Synthesis lectures on artificial intelligence and machine learning,1939-4616
Volume Designation
; 3)
GENERAL NOTES
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Part of: Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science.
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Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Nov. 1, 2008).
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Series from website.
NOTES PERTAINING TO PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
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Electronic
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-84) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Game theory is the mathematical study of interaction among independent, self-interested agents. The audience for game theory has grown dramatically in recent years, and now spans disciplines as diverse as political science, biology, psychology, economics, linguistics, sociology, and computer science, among others. What has been missing is a relatively short introduction to the field covering the common basis that anyone with a professional interest in game theory is likely to require. Such a text would minimize notation, ruthlessly focus on essentials, and yet not sacrifice rigor. This Synthesis Lecture aims to fill this gap by providing a concise and accessible introduction to the field. It covers the main classes of games, their representations, and the main concepts used to analyze them.
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Games in normal form -- Analyzing games: from optimality to equilibrium -- Further solution concepts for normal-form games -- Games with sequential actions: the perfect-information extensive form -- Generalizing the extensive form: imperfect-information games -- Repeated and stochastic games -- Uncertainty about payoffs: Bayesian games -- Coaltional game theory -- History and references -- Index.
SERIES
Title
Synthesis lectures on artificial intelligence and machine learning(Online)
Volume Number
3
OTHER VARIANT TITLES
Variant Title
Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science