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Game Theory

master program

VO2.5  WS 2008/2009  703716

Description

Game theory is conceivable as the study of mathematical models of conflict and cooperation between intelligent rational decision-makers. Although from this definition it may appear that game theory has only applications in the social sciences, it does have interesting applications in computer science. And on the other hand computational methods have been successfully applied in game theoretic questions. This course offers an introduction into classical game theory by highlightling crucial results from algorithm game theory.

Literature

The course is largely based on the following books:

Language

The course will be held in English.