Game Theory in Action: An Introduction to Classical and Evolutionary Models

Game Theory in Action is a textbook about using game theory across a range of real-life scenarios. From traffic accidents to the sex lives of lizards, Stephen Schecter and Herbert Gintis show students how game theory can be applied in diverse areas including animal behavior, political science, and economics.The book's examples and problems look at such fascinating topics as crime-control strategies, climate-change negotiations, and the power of the Oracle at Delphi. The text includes a substantial treatment of evolutionary game theory, where strategies are not chosen through rational analysis, but emerge by virtue of being successful. This is the side of game theory that is most relevant to biology; it also helps to explain how human societies evolve.Aimed at students who have studied basic calculus and some differential equations, Game Theory in Action is the perfect way to learn the concepts and practical tools of game theory.Aimed at students who have studied calculus and some differential equationsExamples are drawn from diverse scenarios, ranging from traffic accidents to the sex lives of lizardsA substantial treatment of evolutionary game theoryUseful problem sets at the end of each chapter

Business & Money

Gintis, Herbert

Schecter, Stephen

Economics

Princeton University Press

The essential textbook for learning game theory strategies
Game Theory in Action is a textbook about using game theory across a range of real-life scenarios. From traffic accidents to the sex lives of lizards, Stephen Schecter and Herbert Gintis show students how game theory can be applied in diverse areas including animal behavior, political science, and economics.
The book's examples and problems look at such fascinating topics as crime-control strategies, climate-change negotiations, and the power of the Oracle at Delphi. The text includes a substantial treatment of evolutionary game theory, where strategies are not chosen through rational analysis, but emerge by virtue of being successful. This is the side of game theory that is most relevant to biology; it also helps to explain how human societies evolve.
Aimed at students who have studied basic calculus and some differential equations, Game Theory in Action is the perfect way to learn the concepts and practical tools of game theory. 
<ul>
<li>Aimed at students who have studied calculus and some differential equations</li>
<li>Examples are drawn from diverse scenarios, ranging from traffic accidents to the sex lives of lizards</li>
<li>A substantial treatment of evolutionary game theory</li>
<li>Useful problem sets at the end of each chapter</li>
</ul>

This book reflects on the meaning of contemporary life in the light of diverse social reactions to AIDS. Drawing on personal interviews with gay men in Montreal, newspaper reports, government action, historical parallels, and other social facts, the author shows what the AIDS phenomenon can reveal about the nature of current reality. Intimate dimensions of experience are explored in order to understand the medical definition of human life, the 'post-modern' character of the contemporary period, and the pervasive influence of technique. The social analysis of AIDS is interwoven with personal, literary, and philosophical reflections that rebound onto the terrain of intimacy, allowing us to see what a critical reading of AIDS as a social phenomenon tells us about the elemental dramas of existence -- of love, pain, death, and sex. Represented here is one man's stock-taking of his generation's experience, exploring the social futures that different reactions to AIDS hold out to us. In the tradition of critical thought, the book is a contribution to the understanding which rescues life from the absurd.

The AIDS Notebooks (Suny the Philosophy of the Social Sciences)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Diseases & Physical Ailments

State University of New York Press

This book reflects on the meaning of contemporary life in the light of diverse social reactions to AIDS. Drawing on personal interviews with gay men in Montreal, newspaper reports, government action, historical parallels, and other social facts, the author shows what the AIDS phenomenon can reveal about the nature of current reality. Intimate dimensions of experience are explored in order to understand the medical definition of human life, the ‘post-modern’ character of the contemporary period, and the pervasive influence of technique. The social analysis of AIDS is interwoven with personal, literary, and philosophical reflections that rebound onto the terrain of intimacy, allowing us to see what a critical reading of AIDS as a social phenomenon tells us about the elemental dramas of existence ― of love, pain, death, and sex. Represented here is one man’s stock-taking of his generation’s experience, exploring the social futures that different reactions to AIDS hold out to us. In the tradition of critical thought, the book is a contribution to the understanding which rescues life from the absurd.

The AIDS Notebooks (Suny Series in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences)

State Univ of New York Pr

A wide-ranging libertarian evaluation dealing with political economy in an urban context. From France to Chile, the larger upheavals have been paralleled by insurgency from below.

Political Urban Liberation

Black Rose Books

Political Urban Liberation (Black Rose Books ; No. H42)

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Schecter, Stephen. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Schecter, Stephen

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Schecter, Stephen. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Game Theory in Action: An Introduction to Classical and Evolutionary Models

Game Theory in Action: An Introduction to Classical and Evolutionary Models

The AIDS Notebooks (Suny the Philosophy of the Social Sciences)

The AIDS Notebooks (Suny Series in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences)

Political Urban Liberation

Political Urban Liberation (Black Rose Books ; No. H42)