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Showing 1 to 20 of 506 for “"Game theory"”.
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Disequilibrium game theory
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1994.
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Essays on Game Theory
… with uncertainty aversion in strategic games. Experimental evidence has found a substantial discrepancy between the prediction of mixed-strategy Nash equilibrium and observed choice frequency. The quantal response equilibrium model of Mckelvey and Palfrey (1995) has been successful to …
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Who's got game (theory)?
… of outwitting computer opponents in strategy games. Devising strategies to defeat a computer opponent may enhance certain cognitive skills (e.g., analysis, evaluation, planning). This thesis takes a constructionist approach to gaming, hypothesizing that players may learn more about strategic …
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Investigations into Social Game Theory
Investigations into Social Game Theory is a document that describes my two-year exploration of the ritual encapsulated in our societal framework. It discusses the thoughts and processes that accompanied the three bodies of work that led to the creation of my final thesis exhibition.
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Essays in Behavioral Game Theory
… in strategic settings than standard economic theory would predict. Possible reasons for such behavior include cognitive limitations which may lead to sub-optimal decisions (bounded rationality) and preferences which may depend on the well-being of others (social preferences). In this …
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Essays in Evolutionary Game Theory
This thesis contains three essays in evolutionary game theory. In the first chapter, we study the impact of switching costs on the long run outcome in 2X2 coordination games played in the circular city model of local interactions. We find that for low levels of switching costs, the risk dominant …
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THINKING POKER THROUGH GAME THEORY
<p>Poker is a complex game to analyze. In this project we will use the mathematics of game theory to solve some simplified variations of the game. Probability is the building block behind game theory. We must understand a few concepts from probability such as distributions, expected value, …
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ESSAYS ON GAME THEORY AND APPLICATIONS
This thesis consists of three chapters on game theory and applications. In the first chapter, we study the "generic" relationship between perfectly and sequentially rational behavior in extensive games. In the second chapter, we investigate the optimal contract for agents in a network and provide a …
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Game Theory and Its Business Applications
… survey of the concept and methodology of Game Theory and its business applications. This writer does not intend to discuss the mathematical development of the theories and techniques of Game Theory, for they are better left to mathematicians. Nevertheless, techniques developed by the …
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Essays on Communication in Game Theory
… consists of essays on communication in game theory. The first chapter develops a model of dynamic persuasion. A sender has a fixed number of pieces of hard evidence that contain information about the quality of his proposal, each of which is either favorable or unfavorable. The sender …
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General incentives in finite game theory
A general framework for analyzing finite games will be introduced. The concept of an incentive function will be defined so that it is compatible with the updating protocol defined in Nash's proof of existence of equilibrium in all finite games. A general notion of incentive equilibrium will be …
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Applications of game theory in microgrids
… will explore the application of non-cooperative game and cooperative game in microgrids. For an individual microgrid that is connected with renewable energy sources through DC-DC converters, a non-cooperative game theory based PI controller tuning method is proposed to help make more stable …
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Stable Privacy Parameter Settings Using Game Theory
… diff erently to change the agreed upon level). Game theory provides a natural solution to finding such balanced tradeoff s. In this thesis, we capture the essence of establishing balancing values for privacy parameters as an extensive-form game with incomplete and imperfect information. A …
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Defense against network attacks using game theory
… area. In this thesis, we demonstrate how game theory can be used to devise effective defense systems. We utilize game theory for defense systems in two scenarios in this thesis. The first scenario is that of the attacker carrying out a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. The …
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Robust optimization, game theory, and variational inequalities
… (VI) problem over a polyhedron, the finite game under payoff uncertainty, and the network design problem under demand uncertainty. In the first part of the thesis, we demonstrate that the nominal VI problem is in fact a special instance of a robust constraint. Using this insight and …
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Foundations and philosophical applications of game theory
… three questions. The first belongs to game theory: When will people play a Nash equilibrium? The second, to decision theory: Why maximize expected value? The third, to the philosophy of language: How should we work out the meaning of a sentence? What unites my dissertation is a …
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Essays in Game Theory and Forest Economics
… the first essay is in cooperative game theory, and the second and third essays relate to forest economics. The first chapter studies a class of cooperative games dubbed ``r-essential games''. Cooperative game theory has proposed different notions of powerful players. For example, …
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Exploring Payoffs and Beliefs in Game Theory
… payoff structure and beliefs for noncooperative games. Chapter 2 considers instances where the payoffs and the objectives may not be very clear to the players or the analyst. We develop a model for analyzing such games using a vector of reference utilities which are included in the definition of …
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