Games are everywhere: Drivers maneuvering in heavy traffic are playing a driving game. Bargain hunters bidding on eBay are playing an auctioning game. The supermarket's price for corn flakes is decided by playing an economic game. This Very Short Introduction offers a succinct tour of the fascinating world of game theory, a ground-breaking field that analyzes how to play Games are everywhere: Drivers maneuvering in heavy traffic are playing a driving game. Bargain hunters bidding on eBay are playing an auctioning game. The supermarket's price for corn flakes is decided by playing an economic game. This Very Short Introduction offers a succinct tour of the fascinating world of game theory, a ground-breaking field that analyzes how to play games in a rational way.

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Ken Binmore, a renowned game theorist, explains the theory in a way that is both entertaining and non-mathematical yet also deeply insightful, revealing how game theory can shed light on everything from social gatherings, to ethical decision-making, to successful card-playing strategies, to calculating the sex ratio among bees. With mini-biographies of many fascinating, and occasionally eccentric, founders of the subject-including John Nash, subject of the movie A Beautiful Mind-this book offers a concise overview of a cutting-edge field that has seen spectacular successes in evolutionary biology and economics, and is beginning to revolutionize other disciplines from psychology to political science.About the Series: Oxford's Very Short Introductions offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects-from Islam to Sociology, Politics to Classics, and Literary Theory to History. Not simply a textbook of definitions, each volume provides trenchant and provocative-yet always balanced and complete-discussions of the central issues in a given topic.

Every Very Short Introduction gives a readable evolution of the subject in question, demonstrating how it has developed and influenced society. Whatever the area of study, whatever the topic that fascinates the reader, the series has a handy and affordable guide that will likely prove indispensable. '.game theory isn't able to solve all the word's problems, because it only works when people play games rationally.' -Ken Bilmore, Game Theory, A Very Short IntroductionKen Binmore's Very Short Introduction (VSI #173) to Game Theory is my second selection of Oxford's huge, gigantic VSI series (quickly approaching 500 books).

It was probably closer to 3.5 stars, but mainly because of the structural problems with surveying Game Theory in less than 200 pages. At less than 200 pages Binmore is '.game theory isn't able to solve all the word's problems, because it only works when people play games rationally.' -Ken Bilmore, Game Theory, A Very Short IntroductionKen Binmore's Very Short Introduction (VSI #173) to Game Theory is my second selection of Oxford's huge, gigantic VSI series (quickly approaching 500 books). It was probably closer to 3.5 stars, but mainly because of the structural problems with surveying Game Theory in less than 200 pages.

At less than 200 pages Binmore is able to break down Game Theory into chapters on chance, time, conventions, reciprocity, information, auctions, evolutionary biology, bargaining and coalitions, puzzles and paradoxes.For the beginner, the problem with this book will be how quickly the book expects the reader to pick up on some of the accepted standards of game theory thinking and explanations (boxes, game trees, subgames, etc). For the non-beginner, the book sometimes skims over areas that the reader (or perhaps, just this reader) might want to wade deeper (more maths) into. This is the inherent tension in all the VSI. It is the dance, the game of the series. You have to be able to present your information in a package designed to be broad in scope, but small in application.

Binmore does a good job, however. I was very satisfied with the progression of the book, and loved getting a bit more info on such game theory notables as Nash, Von Neumann, etc.I was also excited by the whole chapter devoted to game theory and evolutionary biology. It took me back to reading Robert Wright's and,. This book also was good in giving me a couple more GT books to read in the future on cooperation. I will admit my head hurts after this book and no its not a bad thing. I will start though by saying that to me mathematics is about numbers and not concepts - my line of work and experience makes me see numbers not symbols or concepts - so I will admit that I have had to work at this book.

But why read something that is hard work - well for me the concept is fascinating - game theory has been quoted, mis-interpreted and yes even abused so many times it was about time to see what it was all I will admit my head hurts after this book and no its not a bad thing. I will start though by saying that to me mathematics is about numbers and not concepts - my line of work and experience makes me see numbers not symbols or concepts - so I will admit that I have had to work at this book. But why read something that is hard work - well for me the concept is fascinating - game theory has been quoted, mis-interpreted and yes even abused so many times it was about time to see what it was all about - and the 'Very short introduction' book is a great way of achieving that without reducing me to a gibbering wreck.The book tires to explain the various concepts that go to make up Game Theory without overloading the reader with loads of mathematics - wherever possible illustrations are used giving real life examples to an idea or concept.

The book also gives a little bit of history of where the various theories came from both good and bad and shows a little illumination of where the theories have been used.This has not been an easy book to read- but for me (who is notorious for asking too many questions at the best of times) it helps answer the question about why Game Theory is seen as being so important and how what can often be seen as a high concept actually does have relevance (and even power) in our society today. This book is not for everyone and I will admit I will have to return to it to understand it more in the future but for maths I did find this accessible and interesting, I just need to stop now as my brain is full. A mediocre introduction to a very interesting subject.

The book doesn't really flow - just gives example games without connecting the subjects well. The big problem i had with the book is that the author is way too defensive about negative perceptions of game theory, and thus wastes a lot of space trying to remedy these misconceptions. Also, without math it was hard for me to internalize some of the game theoretical results.some of the interesting points:. discussion of auction mechanisms, with a mediocre introduction to a very interesting subject. The book doesn't really flow - just gives example games without connecting the subjects well.

The big problem i had with the book is that the author is way too defensive about negative perceptions of game theory, and thus wastes a lot of space trying to remedy these misconceptions. Also, without math it was hard for me to internalize some of the game theoretical results.some of the interesting points:. discussion of auction mechanisms, with examples of US and British Telecom auctions - I wish the author went into more detail on these instead of just referencing them.

a discussion of fallacies presented as paradoxes, which are attributed to game theory, in particular those arising from the prisoner's dilemma game. The evolutionary interpretation makes a lot of sense. 'signalling' as a way of communicating your 'type' to the other player in order to push them towards a more profitable equilibrium. evolutionarily stable strategies - how equilibria evolve within species. I was disappointed by this introduction. The author writes with considerable style and covers some aspects well, but I think that the core principles of game theory are not explained at all well and the examples and diagrams are explained particularly poorly. Not surprisingly, the book is best when covering the author's speciality - auctions.

I also feel that the author devotes too much time to arguing against the straw man of ethical objections to game theory analyses - these could be dealtI was disappointed by this introduction. The author writes with considerable style and covers some aspects well, but I think that the core principles of game theory are not explained at all well and the examples and diagrams are explained particularly poorly. Not surprisingly, the book is best when covering the author's speciality - auctions. I also feel that the author devotes too much time to arguing against the straw man of ethical objections to game theory analyses - these could be dealt with ( as he does) just once and not bothered with over and over again in different parts of the book. After enjoying a couple of Very Short Introduction (VSI) books, I was hoping to enjoy this. However, it was disappointing (I gave up half way) because it kept dropping terms without introduction (e.g., sub-game).While I agree it is hard to be thorough in short introductory books, I think using terms without introducing them by examples or definition (not for short introductory books) is worst kind of mistake in books. Now, to be fair, I might have enjoyed other VSI books as I was familiar with After enjoying a couple of Very Short Introduction (VSI) books, I was hoping to enjoy this.

However, it was disappointing (I gave up half way) because it kept dropping terms without introduction (e.g., sub-game).While I agree it is hard to be thorough in short introductory books, I think using terms without introducing them by examples or definition (not for short introductory books) is worst kind of mistake in books. Now, to be fair, I might have enjoyed other VSI books as I was familiar with terms used in them as opposed to this book; however, I doubt this was the case as the book does not state any prerequisite knowledge to grok its content. I can't stand this book I hate it I hate it I hate it I love it I hate it.Even though I struggled to turn each page, I'm glad I got an introduction to game theory. So it lives up to its name. But, geez, it seemed SO MUCH tougher than it had to be. I had a question about every three sentences. It read like a textbook, but occationally, Binmore would drop some strange word or phrase, and he seemed to be breaking the tone.inserting a nonsequiter that didn't ever feel welcome.

I can't stand this book I hate it I hate it I hate it I love it I hate it.Even though I struggled to turn each page, I'm glad I got an introduction to game theory. So it lives up to its name. But, geez, it seemed SO MUCH tougher than it had to be. I had a question about every three sentences. It read like a textbook, but occationally, Binmore would drop some strange word or phrase, and he seemed to be breaking the tone.inserting a nonsequiter that didn't ever feel welcome.

I was consistantly awkward and klunky and often left large holes in logic and jumps in reasoning. I felt like Binmore was showing off his big telecom auction deal. He flaunted it several times. He was quite sour on moral philosophy, calling out Kant at least twice.

I stopped being super critical of all the little things after the first 20 Pages or so. Akes a mess of it I feel like I went to the internet to clarify some of my questions on Nash and other things.My biggest impediment to comprehending game theory arises out of the compression of information. The whole idea of game theory is to show potential outcomes based on a simplified choice architecture. I see the value here. However, I feel like using game theory could be coupled with morality, compassion and empathy to create systems that result in the best outcome for all parties involved.

But still I feel like Game Theory is very very deconstructive and harmful. My hope is to use Game Theory in the future to observe paradoxes of choice arise.end up harming both parties who are only looking out for themselves I think in abundance of information openness sharing and even the categorical imperative can and will and should help us in the future make better decisions not what we selfishly rely on as our own best interest that is just doesn't seem right something about Game Theory seems to moronic to logical but the logic is difficult is obscured I find economics and logic to be very intuitive and Game Theory. Trusting that the author indeed knows that which he writes upon. While the sentences and general structure clear and accessible the diagrams and examples were rather wanting. Shall disclose that reading was primarily upon the commuter bus. A different environment with pencil & paper at hand to work out the convoluted examples may have been of benefit.Not enough was done to differentiate between the different game types, or show how they really are similar, explain the language of the payoff Trusting that the author indeed knows that which he writes upon.

While the sentences and general structure clear and accessible the diagrams and examples were rather wanting. Shall disclose that reading was primarily upon the commuter bus. A different environment with pencil & paper at hand to work out the convoluted examples may have been of benefit.Not enough was done to differentiate between the different game types, or show how they really are similar, explain the language of the payoff diagrams, randomly explaining results with, or without math; and others issues. Passion in the writing is clear in the early pages, but sadly drops to a drone. Passion picks up at the journey's end as the author talks about himself, and his work. Also, a typical complaint of pop-sciences texts.Would trade the frequent walls of text with math, diagrams, or my god.

While short, it's also to the point and lives up to it's title. It is a very short introduction to game theory, but it hits the important notes and gives just enough information to whet the whistle and prepare the reader for more complex, detailed books discussing game theory. Such as the rest of Ken Binmore's books.Think of it not so much as a primer or cliff notes version of Game Theory, but more of a sampler appetizer platter - you get to try a little bit of everything before deciding if While short, it's also to the point and lives up to it's title.

It is a very short introduction to game theory, but it hits the important notes and gives just enough information to whet the whistle and prepare the reader for more complex, detailed books discussing game theory. Such as the rest of Ken Binmore's books.Think of it not so much as a primer or cliff notes version of Game Theory, but more of a sampler appetizer platter - you get to try a little bit of everything before deciding if you want to commit to a larger portion. In this very short introduction (about 200 pages), Ken Binmore surveys Game Theory, talking about chance, time, conventions, reciprocity, information, auctions, evolutionary biology and finally bargaining.I think this is a good introduction, especially as I found the book light on maths—a good thing for my Greek symbols anxiety. Still, I found some chapters difficult, especially the last one about bargaining, Though, I have been too lazy to grab a pen and paper and work out the various games on In this very short introduction (about 200 pages), Ken Binmore surveys Game Theory, talking about chance, time, conventions, reciprocity, information, auctions, evolutionary biology and finally bargaining.I think this is a good introduction, especially as I found the book light on maths—a good thing for my Greek symbols anxiety. Still, I found some chapters difficult, especially the last one about bargaining, Though, I have been too lazy to grab a pen and paper and work out the various games on my own.Is this a good 'first read' on game theory?

I am note sure, but I have not read other alternative. I was already somehow familiar with Game Theory, having followed and on. Maybe the first chapters move too fast and introduce too many concepts. The book also often generalizes 'toys games' into real life and philosophical questions. I found my understanding is still too shallow to agree or disagree with such leaps of scope. Very useful introduction from a real contributor in the field, though it is actually pretty long, and bounces off tangents that need a fair bit of care to understand. It feels like a bigger book masquerading as a little one.I don't think I came away with any deep knowledge that I can apply, but that is the nature of introductions.

There's no way you're going to become a game theorist after one sitting. It is a useful primer to the field and a good choice when combined with other sources. I also very useful introduction from a real contributor in the field, though it is actually pretty long, and bounces off tangents that need a fair bit of care to understand. It feels like a bigger book masquerading as a little one.I don't think I came away with any deep knowledge that I can apply, but that is the nature of introductions. There's no way you're going to become a game theorist after one sitting. It is a useful primer to the field and a good choice when combined with other sources.

I also went through the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Game Theory, which also took ages; they have fairly different ways of looking at it. Next up is the Wikipedia article; who would have thunk I spent a year coding simulations of spatial N-player prisoner's dilemma games back in the day?

I picked this book up having been long intrigued by game theory but knowing very little of it beyond a few very broad strokes and bits of jargon. 'Game Theory: A Very Short Introduction' provided me with a bit of the history behind the field, and a few bits of jargon and additional concepts, but as to the actual mechanics of game theory, I found my mind mostly glaze and attention wander every time Binmore attempted to explain it. I don't know if this is a failing of mine as a reader, or his as a I picked this book up having been long intrigued by game theory but knowing very little of it beyond a few very broad strokes and bits of jargon. 'Game Theory: A Very Short Introduction' provided me with a bit of the history behind the field, and a few bits of jargon and additional concepts, but as to the actual mechanics of game theory, I found my mind mostly glaze and attention wander every time Binmore attempted to explain it. I don't know if this is a failing of mine as a reader, or his as a writer, or perhaps if game theory simply isn't as interesting to me as I'd hoped it'd be. Professor of Economics at UCL, after holding corresponding positions at LSE and the University of Pennsylvania and Michigan. Onetime Professor of Mathematics at LSE.Author of 77 published papers and 11 books.

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Research in evolutionary game theory, bargaining theory, experimental economics, political philosophy, mathematics and statistics.Grants from National Science Foundation (3), ESRC (1), Professor of Economics at UCL, after holding corresponding positions at LSE and the University of Pennsylvania and Michigan. Onetime Professor of Mathematics at LSE.Author of 77 published papers and 11 books. Research in evolutionary game theory, bargaining theory, experimental economics, political philosophy, mathematics and statistics.Grants from National Science Foundation (3), ESRC (1), STICERD (2) and others.

Chairman of LSE Economics Theory Workshop (10 years), Director of Michigan Economic Laboratory (5 years). Fellow of the Econometric Society and British Academy. Extensive collaboration with 25 co-authors.Awarded the CBE in the New Years Honours List 2001 largely for his role in designing the UK 3G Spectrum Auction.

Book Description:It is widely held that Bayesian decision theory is the final word on how a rational person should make decisions. However, Leonard Savage-the inventor of Bayesian decision theory-argued that it would be ridiculous to use his theory outside the kind of small world in which it is always possible to 'look before you leap.'

If taken seriously, this view makes Bayesian decision theory inappropriate for the large worlds of scientific discovery and macroeconomic enterprise. When is it correct to use Bayesian decision theory-and when does it need to be modified? Using a minimum of mathematics, Rational Decisionsclearly explains the foundations of Bayesian decision theory and shows why Savage restricted the theory's application to small worlds.The book is a wide-ranging exploration of standard theories of choice and belief under risk and uncertainty. Ken Binmore discusses the various philosophical attitudes related to the nature of probability and offers resolutions to paradoxes believed to hinder further progress. In arguing that the Bayesian approach to knowledge is inadequate in a large world, Binmore proposes an extension to Bayesian decision theory-allowing the idea of a mixed strategy in game theory to be expanded to a larger set of what Binmore refers to as 'muddled' strategies.Written by one of the world's leading game theorists, Rational Decisionsis the touchstone for anyone needing a concise, accessible, and expert view on Bayesian decision making.

A rational number is the ratio of two whole numbers. The ancients thought that all numbers were rational, but Pythagoras’s theorem shows that the length of the diagonal of a square of unit area is irrational. Tradition holds that the genius who actually made this discovery was drowned, lest he shake the Pythagorean faith in the ineffable nature of number. But nowadays everybody knows that there is nothing irrational about the square root of two, even though we still call it an irrational number.There is similarly nothing irrational about a philosopher who isn’t a rationalist. Rationalism in philosophy consists.

Game theory is perhaps the most important arena for the application of rational decision theory. It is also a breeding ground for innumerable fallacies and paradoxes. However, this book isn’t the place to learn the subject, because I plan to say only enough to allow me to use a few examples here and there. My book Playing for Realis a fairly comprehensive introduction that isn’t mathematically demanding (Binmore 2007b).A game arises when several players have to make decisions in a situation in which the outcome for each player is partly determined by the choices made by the other. Economists attach a precise meaning to the words riskand uncertainty.

Pandora makes a decision under risk if unambiguous probabilities can be assigned to the states of the world in her belief space B. Otherwise, she decides under uncertainty. The importance of distinguishing decision problems in which unambiguous probabilities are available from those in which they aren’t was first brought to the attention of the world by Frank Knight (1921). For this reason, people often speak of Knightianuncertainty to emphasize that they are using the word in its technical sense.The archetypal case of risk is playing roulette in. Until relatively recently, it was an article of faith among economists that one can’t make meaningful comparisons of the utilities that different people may enjoy.

This chapter is a good one to skip if you don’t care about this question.Social choice.The theory of social choice is about how groups of people make decisions collectively. This chapter is an aside on the implications of applying the theory of revealed preference to such a social context. Even in the case of a utilitarian government, we shall therefore be restricting our attention to notions of utility that make it fallacious to. Kolmogorov’s classical theory of probability is entirely mathematical, and so says nothing whatever about the world.

To apply the theory, we need to find an interpretation of the objects that appear in the theory that is consistent with whatever facts we are treating as given in whatever model of the world we choose to maintain.The literature recognizes three major interpretations of probability:Objective probabilitySubjective probabilityLogical probabilityDonald Gillies’s (2000) excellent book Philosophical Theories of Probabilitysurveys the literature very thoroughly from a perspective close to mine, and so I need only sketch the different interpretations.Objective probability. This chapter studies the theory of subjective probabilities invented independently by Frank Ramsey (1931) and Bruno de Finetti (1937). The version of the theory developed by Leonard Savage (1951) in his famous Foundations of Statisticsis now universally called Bayesian decision theory. My own simplification of his theory in section 7.2 differs from the usual textbook accounts, but the end product will be no less orthodox than my simplification of Von Neumann and Morgenstern’s theory of expected utility in section 3.4.We last visited the theory of revealed preference when developing a version of Von Neumann and Morgenstern’s theory of. Philosophers traditionally treat knowledge as justified true belief, and then argue about what their definition means. This chapter contributes little to this debate, because it defends an entirely different way of thinking about knowledge.

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However, before describing the approach to knowledge that I think most useful in decision theory, it is necessary to review Bayesian epistemology—the study of how knowledge is treated in Bayesian decision theory.When Pandora uses Bayes’ rule to update her prior probability prob( E) of an event Eto a posterior probability prob $(E, ,F)$on learning that the event Fhas occurred, everybody understands that we. There was once a flourishing literature on rational decision theory in large worlds. Luce and Raiffa (1957, chapter 13) refer to this literature as decision making under complete ignorance. They classify what we now call Bayesian decision theory as decision making under partial ignorance (because Pandora can’t be completely ignorant if she is able to assign subjective probabilities to some events).It says a lot about our academic culture that this literature should be all but forgotten.

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Presumably nobody reads Savage’s (1951) Foundations of Statisticsany more, since the latter half of the book is entirely devoted to his own.