Learn how to apply the precepts of game theory to help you make better decisions at work, home, or anywhere with this highly useful course taught by an award-winning professor.
Games People Play: Game Theory in Life, Business, and Beyond
Overview
Syllabus
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- 01: The World of Game Theory
- 02: The Nature of the Game
- 03: The Real Life Chessboard-Sequential Games
- 04: Life's Little Games-The 2 x 2 Classic Games
- 05: Guessing Right-Simultaneous Move Games
- 06: Practical Applications of Game Theory
- 07: A Random Walk-Dealing with Chance Events
- 08: Pure Competition-Constant-Sum Games
- 09: Mixed Strategies and Nonzero-Sum Games
- 10: Threats, Promises, and Commitments
- 11: Credibility, Deterrence, and Compellence
- 12: Incomplete and Imperfect Information
- 13: Whom Can You Trust?-Signaling and Screening
- 14: Encouraging Productivity-Incentive Schemes
- 15: The Persistence of Memory-Repeated Games
- 16: Does This Stuff Really Work?
- 17: The Tragedy of the Commons
- 18: Games in Motion-Evolutionary Game Theory
- 19: Game Theory and Economics-Oligopolies
- 20: Voting-Determining the Will of the People
- 21: Auctions and the Winner's Curse
- 22: Bargaining and Cooperative Games
- 23: Game Theory and Business-Co-opetition
- 24: All the World's a Game
Taught by
Scott P. Stevens
