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The History Of Game Theory: From the Beginnings to 1945

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1996
ISBN
9780415072571, 0415072573
LCC
HB144 .D56 1996
Open Library ID
OL968565M
Language
english
Format
CHM
Filesize
1 MB (1072666 bytes)
Series
Routledge Studies in the History of Economics
Volume
Volume 1
Edition
1
Pages
200\0
Topic
History
Library
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Time added
2010-05-31 13:01:22

Description

Game Theory--the formal modelling of conflict and cooperation--first emerged as a recognized field with the publication of John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern's Theory of Games and Economic Behaviour in 1944. Since then, game-theoretic thinking about choice of strategies and the interdependence of people's actions has influenced all the social sciences. However, little is known about the history of the theory of strategic games prior to this publication. In this volume, the history of strategic games--from its origins up to 1945--is traced through the work of 19th Century economists such as Cournot and Edgeworth; voting theorists, including Lewis Carroll; conflict theorists Richardson and Lanchester; probabilists such as Bertrand, Borel, and Ville; and later economists, notably Stackelberg and Zeuthen. This authoritative account of the history of game theory concludes with a historical perspective on the achievement of von Neumann and Morgenstern and an appraisal of the reception of their book.

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