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Game Theory: Historical Overview

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Abstract

This article provides an overview of the aspects of game theory that are covered in this Encyclopedia, which includes a broad spectrum of topics on static and dynamic game theory. It starts with a brief overview of game theory, identifying its basic ingredients, and continues with a brief historical account of the development and evolution of the field. It concludes by providing pointers to other articles in the Encyclopedia on game theory, and a list of references.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationEncyclopedia of Systems and Control
PublisherSpringer
Pages499-504
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781447150589
ISBN (Print)9781447150572
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2015

Keywords

  • Cooperation
  • Dynamic games
  • Evolutionary games
  • Game theory
  • Historical evolution of game theory
  • Nash equilibrium
  • Stackelberg equilibrium

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering
  • General Social Sciences
  • General Mathematics
  • General Chemical Engineering

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