I’ve been going to lots of conferences recently, and I’ve been asked to chair a few sessions here and there. Some have gone well, others have been disasters, but I think after doing a few and seeing a lot in a short space of time, I’ve come up with a nice list of things to [...]
Also tagged ABC, American Broadcasting Company, Economics, economy, Fiction, Paul KrugmanIn the last lecture we extended the basics of game theory to think about ways in which we could find solutions to normal and extensive form games. Watch that lecture here. Thanks to Jason and Emma, you should have a good handle on the prisoner’s dilemma now.
In this lecture we’ll finish off talking about game [...]
Last time we looked at the history of game theory and the components of any game: players, strategies, and payoffs. We also discussed the first equilibrium concept we are going to see: the Nash equilibrium.
In this lecture, we’ll look at a few games in normal and Iterated forms, and talk about solution methods for these [...]
Last time we looked at uncertainty, risk, and probability. We’ll recap those, and move onto Game Theory.
Click below for lecture notes, slides, and links to readings. A podcast of the lecture will be available after the lecture, as will a survey of the lecture. Don’t forget you can print these notes by clicking the [...]
Horrible title for a post, but it just fell out. I regret nothing. In the Sunday Business Post, Drs. Charles Larkin and Jacco Thijssen of TCD put forward recommendations for restructuring innovation policies and education spending Their research is put out through the swangroup.
Link to the swangroup, via Liam at the Geary Behaviour Centre Blog.
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