Game Theory
Game theory, made popular by films such as "A Beautiful Mind," is the mathematical description of strategic interaction among rational (and irrational) actors. It involves the modeling of conflict among nations, political campaigns, rivalry among corporations, and trading activity in markets such as the NYSE, in addition to what they term "games" in common parlance. How could you begin to model keyword auctions and peer-to-peer file-sharing networks without taking into consideration the motivations of those who use them? The course will cover the fundamentals of describing games and tactics, the extended form (also known as game trees by computer scientists), Bayesian games (which mimic things like auctions), repetitive and stochastic games, and more. They'll provide a range of examples, such as classic games and a few new applications.
Your instructor, Yoav Shoham received his PhD in computer science from Yale University in 1987 and has been a Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University since then. His research interests include logic-based knowledge representation, game theory, and electronic commerce. He has published numerous articles in these areas and five books. The last one, Essentials of Game Theory (co-written with K. Leyton-Brown), covers the material in this course. Prof. Shoham has also founded several successful internet companies. This is one of the best online game theory courses.
This course offers
- Flexible deadlines
- Shareable Certificate
- 100% online
- Beginner Level
- Approx. 18 hours to complete
- Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Chinese (Simplified), Italian, Vietnamese, Korean, German, Russian, English, Spanish
Coursera rating: 4.3/5
Enroll here: https://www.coursera.org/learn/game-theory-1
