Evolutionary Games and Equilibrium Selection (Paperback, New Ed)

The author examines the interplay between evolutionary game theory and the equilibrium selection problem in noncooperative games. Evolutionary game theory is one of the most active and rapidly growing areas of research in economics. Unlike traditional game theory models, which assume that all players are fully rational and have complete knowledge of details of the game, evolutionary models assume that people choose their strategies through a trial-and-error learning process in which they gradually discover that some strategies work better than others. In games that are repeated many times, low-payoff strategies tend to be weeded out, and an equilibrium may emerge. Larry Samuelson has been one of the main contributors to the evolutionary game theory literature. In Evolutionary Games and Equilibrium Selection, he examines the interplay between evolutionary game theory and the equilibrium selection problem in noncooperative games. After providing an overview of the basic issues of game theory and a presentation of the basic models, the book addresses evolutionary stability, the dynamics of sample paths, the ultimatum game, drift, noise, backward and forward induction, and strict Nash equilibria.

General

Imprint:	MIT Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Evolutionary Games and Equilibrium Selection
Release date:	September 1998
First published:	1998
Authors:	Larry Samuelson
Dimensions:	226 x 150 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	328
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-262-69219-9
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Economic theory & philosophy Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Optimization > Game theory
LSN:	0-262-69219-8
Barcode:	9780262692199

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