scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1983462

Publication date 21 September 2003

continuous games convex payoff functions normal form of a game rectangular games von Neumann-Morgenstern theory

Linear programming (90C05) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to game theory, economics, and finance (91-02) Noncooperative games (91A10)

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This book is one of the first classic monographs on game theory. This edition is an unabridged republication of the work originally published in 1952. (For reviews of the first edition see Zbl 0101.37101 and Zbl 0049.09510.) Contents include rectangular games with the fundamental theorem and properties of solutions; a method of approximating the value of a game; games in extensive form; general definition of finite games; normal form of a game; games with infinitely many strategies; continuous games with the fundamental theorem; separable games; games with convex payoff functions; applications to statistical inference; linear programming; zero-sum \(n\)-person games; games without zero-sum restriction; the von Neumann-Morgenstern theory; and some open problems. It is a well organized and clear written elementary introduction to game theory with lots of exercises, examples and applications. It is appropriate for the advanced undergraduate and graduate students. I consider this book as the best textbook for teaching the course ``Introduction to the theory of games.

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