MA4400 Cooperation and Competition

The course will develop game theoretic concepts in evaluations of the importance of players in bargaining situations and of elements in networks. Topics covered include cooperative and noncooperative games, bargaining, the Shapley Value, and coalitions. The course will study applications to military problems and applications to economics, political science, and biology. There will be extensive reading from the literature.

Prerequisite

MA3042, OA3201, and an introductory course in probability

Lecture Hours

4

Lab Hours

0