Mathematics : Game Theory

The paradigms of dynamic games play an important role in the development of multi-agent models in engineering, economics, and management science. This book, an outgrowth of the 10th International Symposium on Dynamic Games, presents developments of the theory of dynamic games and its applications to various domains. more...

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Presents detailed examinations of themes central to auction theory. This book explores auctions and competitive bidding as games of incomplete information. It covers topics on bidding strategies, efficiency, and revenue maximization, and gives proofs for each proposition. more...

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The theory on the evolution of preferences deals with the endogenous formation of preference relations in strategic situations. It is related to the field of evolutionary game theory. Models are based on the 'indirect evolutionary approach' according to which preferences determine choice behavior which in turn determines evolutionary success. The latter eventually governs the evolution of preferences. Literature usually considers a class of preferences which admit an expected utility representation. In this book we analyze the role and the influence of general, possibly non-expected utility preferences in such an evolutionary setup. In particular, we demonstrate that preferences which diverge from von Neumann-Morgenstern expected utility may potentially prove to be successful under evolutionary pressures. Furthermore, we contribute to the research into existence issues for so-called stable populations. In particular, we show that such a stable population exists for any specification of the fitness values. more...

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This collection of original essays surveys the evolution of sentencing policies and practices in Western countries over the past twenty-five years. Contributors address plea-bargaining, community service, electronic monitoring, standards of use of incarceration, and legal perspectives on sentencing policy developments, among other topics. Sentencing and Sanctions in Western Countries provides a range of scholars and students excellent cross-national knowledge of sentencing laws and practices, when and why they have changed over time, and with what effects.  more...

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This is the first book to collect research on game-theoretic tools in the analysis of language with particular reference to semantics and pragmatics. Games are significant, because they pertain equally to pragmatics and semantics of natural language. The book provides an overview of the variety of ways in which game theory is used in the analysis of linguistic meaning and shows how games arise in pragmatic as well as semantic investigations. The book is a balanced combination of philosophical, linguistic, logical and mathematical argumentation. The book has an introductory and a concluding chapter, written by the editor, to give a gentle introduction to the topics covered in the book and to provide wider conclusions and prospects arising from the individual essays. The major topics covering the field of game theory and linguistic meaning included in the book are:. • language games, Wittgenstein. • evolutionary language games. • communication games, Grice. • games of partial information. • equilibrium semantics. • game-theoretic semantics. • logical modelling, generalised quantifiers. • the semantics/pragmatics distinction more...

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