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Essays on Game Theory
Essays on Game Theory is a unique collection of seven of John Nash's essays which highlight his pioneering contribution to game theory in economics.
Featuring a comprehensive introduction by Ken Binmore which explains and summarizes John Nash's achievements in the field of non-cooperative and cooperative game theory, this book will be an indispensable reference for scholars and will be welcomed by those with an interest in game theory and its applications to the social sciences.
Featuring a comprehensive introduction by Ken Binmore which explains and summarizes John Nash's achievements in the field of non-cooperative and cooperative game theory, this book will be an indispensable reference for scholars and will be welcomed by those with an interest in game theory and its applications to the social sciences.
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First published January 1, 1996
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John F. Nash
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John Forbes Nash, Ph.D. was an American mathematician whose works in game theory, differential geometry, and partial differential equations have provided insight into the forces that govern chance and events inside complex systems in daily life. His theories are still used today in market economics, computing, artificial intelligence, accounting and military theory. Serving as a Senior Research Mathematician at Princeton University during the later part of his life, he shared the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with game theorists Reinhard Selten and John Harsanyi.
Nash was also the subject of the Hollywood movie A Beautiful Mind, which was nominated for eight Academy Awards (winning four). The film, based very loosely on the biography of the same name, focuses on Nash's mathematical genius and his struggle with paranoid schizophrenia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_For....
John Forbes Nash, Ph.D. was an American mathematician whose works in game theory, differential geometry, and partial differential equations have provided insight into the forces that govern chance and events inside complex systems in daily life. His theories are still used today in market economics, computing, artificial intelligence, accounting and military theory. Serving as a Senior Research Mathematician at Princeton University during the later part of his life, he shared the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with game theorists Reinhard Selten and John Harsanyi.
Nash was also the subject of the Hollywood movie A Beautiful Mind, which was nominated for eight Academy Awards (winning four). The film, based very loosely on the biography of the same name, focuses on Nash's mathematical genius and his struggle with paranoid schizophrenia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_For....
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May 24, 2015
برای جان نش ریاضیدان ذهن زیبا ..
دلمان برایت تنگ خواهد شد استاد !
یادم هست این کتاب رو وقتی هیجده ساله بودم خوندم .. بعد از خوندنش انگار یه مکاشفه برای من اتفاق افتاد و علاقه من به ریاضی من رو وارد یه مسیر عجیب و فوقالعاده کرد که هنوزم ادامه داره .. واقعیت اینه که امشب خیلی بهت زده شدم ..برای من ادمهایی مثل جان نش و پروفسور پرویز شهریاری یه بخشی از زندگی محسوب میشن .. ناراحتم که دنیا یه پیامبر عصر نوین رو از دست داد .. یه ادم نابغه که روی توصیه نامه ای که برای پذیرش در دانشگاه ارائه داده بود فقط یک جمله ثبت شده بود ,, این مرد یه نابغه اس ,, کتاب های جان نش خیلی کم به فارسی ترجمه شده و ای کاش روزی بیاد که ادمهای خوش ذوقی پیدا بشن و درباره نش وکتابهاش و زندگیش بیشتر بنویسن ..به امید اون روز بزرگ ...
دلمان برایت تنگ خواهد شد استاد !
یادم هست این کتاب رو وقتی هیجده ساله بودم خوندم .. بعد از خوندنش انگار یه مکاشفه برای من اتفاق افتاد و علاقه من به ریاضی من رو وارد یه مسیر عجیب و فوقالعاده کرد که هنوزم ادامه داره .. واقعیت اینه که امشب خیلی بهت زده شدم ..برای من ادمهایی مثل جان نش و پروفسور پرویز شهریاری یه بخشی از زندگی محسوب میشن .. ناراحتم که دنیا یه پیامبر عصر نوین رو از دست داد .. یه ادم نابغه که روی توصیه نامه ای که برای پذیرش در دانشگاه ارائه داده بود فقط یک جمله ثبت شده بود ,, این مرد یه نابغه اس ,, کتاب های جان نش خیلی کم به فارسی ترجمه شده و ای کاش روزی بیاد که ادمهای خوش ذوقی پیدا بشن و درباره نش وکتابهاش و زندگیش بیشتر بنویسن ..به امید اون روز بزرگ ...
October 19, 2015
Not the most accessibly book. I read some, but not all of the essays, and the 4 stars stems from my lack of understanding, not Nash's lack of brilliance.
April 15, 2015
Io so che tu sai che io so
La teoria della mente interferisce con la teoria dei giochi.
Ergo, i virus fanno scelte più razionali, ma restano fregati.
(e il risultato non contraddice Darwin; se mai, conferma l'egoismo dei geni, che i virus - contrariamente ai più evoluti tra i primati evoluti - non riescono ad arginare...)
La teoria della mente interferisce con la teoria dei giochi.
Ergo, i virus fanno scelte più razionali, ma restano fregati.
(e il risultato non contraddice Darwin; se mai, conferma l'egoismo dei geni, che i virus - contrariamente ai più evoluti tra i primati evoluti - non riescono ad arginare...)
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