851-0585-48L  Controversies in Game Theory

SemesterFrühjahrssemester 2021
DozierendeD. Helbing, H. Nax, H. Rauhut
Periodizitäteinmalige Veranstaltung
LehrspracheEnglisch
KommentarNumber of participants limited to 100.



Lehrveranstaltungen

NummerTitelUmfangDozierende
851-0585-48 VControversies in Game Theory
Block course: 07.06.2021 - 11.06.2021
28s Std.
07.06. - 11.06.09:15-17:00CAB G 11 »
D. Helbing, H. Nax, H. Rauhut

Katalogdaten

KurzbeschreibungThe mini-course 'Controversies in Game Theory' consists of 5 course units that provide an in-depth introduction to issues in game theory motivated by real-world issues related to the tensions that may result from interactions in groups, where individual and collective interests may conflict. The course integrates theory from various disciplines.
LernzielStudents are encouraged to think about human interactions, and in particular in the context of game theory, in a way that is traditionally not covered in introductory game theory courses. The aim of the course is to teach students the complex conditional interdependencies in group interactions.
InhaltThe course will pay special attention to the dichotomy of cooperative vs non-cooperative game theory through the lense of the pioneering work by John von Neumann (who—which is not very well known--was an undergraduate student at ETH Zurich). We will review the main solution concepts from both fields, work with applications relying on those, and look at the “Nash program” which is a famous attempt to bridge the two.
SkriptSlides will be provided.
LiteraturJohn v Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern. 1944. Theory of Games and Economic Behavior. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_Games_and_Economic_Behavior)

Diekmann, Andreas: Spieltheorie. Rowohlt 2009.

Dixit, Avinash K., and Susan Skeath. Games of Strategy. WW Norton & Company, 2015.

Ken Binmore (1992): Fun and Games. Lexington: Heath.

Camerer, Colin (2003): Behavioral Game Theory. Experiments in Strategic Interaction. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Game Theory Evolving
Link

Evolutionary Game Theory
https://www.amazon.com/Evolutionary-Game-Theory-MIT-Press/dp/0262731215/

Evolutionary Game Theory in Natural, Social and Virtual Worlds
https://www.amazon.com/Evolutionary-Natural-Social-Virtual-Worlds/dp/0199981159/

Evolutionary Dynamics and Extensive Form Games
Link

Evolutionary Games and Population Dynamics
Link

Quantitative Sociodynamics
https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783642115455

Synergistic Selection: How Cooperation Has Shaped Evolution and the Rise of Humankind
Link

Survival of the Nicest
https://www.amazon.com/Survival-Nicest-Altruism-Human-Along/dp/1615190902/

Evolutionary Games with Sociophysics
Link

Statistical Physics and Computational Methods for Computational Game Theory
Link

Games of life
https://www.amazon.com/Games-Life-Explorations-Evolution-Behaviour/dp/0198547838

Further literature will be recommended in the lectures.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesThis course is thought be for students in the 5th semester or above with quantitative skills and interests in modeling and computer simulation.

Leistungskontrolle

Information zur Leistungskontrolle (gültig bis die Lerneinheit neu gelesen wird)
Leistungskontrolle als Semesterkurs
ECTS Kreditpunkte3 KP
PrüfendeD. Helbing, H. Nax, H. Rauhut
Formbenotete Semesterleistung
PrüfungsspracheEnglisch
RepetitionRepetition ohne erneute Belegung der Lerneinheit möglich.
Zusatzinformation zum Prüfungsmodus3 Credit Points would require the [later] delivery of a 10 page documentation.

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Einschränkungen

PlätzeMaximal 100
WartelisteBis 08.06.2021

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