Rationality in Extensive Form Games (Hardcover, 2001 ed.)

This book is concerned with situations in which several persons reach decisions independently and the final consequence depends, potentially, upon each of the decisions taken. Such situations may be described formally by an extensive form game: a mathematical object which specifies the order in which decisions are to be taken, the information available to the decision makers at each point in time, and the consequence that results for each possible combination of decisions. A necessary requirement for rational behavior in such games is that each decision maker should reach a decision that is optimal, given his preferences over his own decisions. This requirement is far from sufficient, however, since every decision maker should in addition base his preferences upon the conjecture that his opponents will act optimally as well. It is this principle that distinguishes noncooperative game theory from one-person decision theory. The main purpose of Rationality in Extensive Form Games is to discuss different formalizations of this principle in extensive form games, such as backward induction, Nash equilibrium, forward induction and rationalizability, under the assumption that the decision makers' preferences are given by subjective expected utility functions. The various formalizations, or rationality criteria, are illustrated by examples, and the relationships among the different criteria are explored.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Theory and Decision Library C, 29
Release date:	October 2001
First published:	2001
Authors:	Andres Perea
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	242
Edition:	2001 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-7923-7540-1
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Optimization > Game theory
LSN:	0-7923-7540-8
Barcode:	9780792375401

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