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The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World (2 ed.)

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2004
Subject:
Social sciences, Politics
Length:
1,050 words

A branch of mathematics, game theory is used to analyze competitive situations whose outcomes depend not only on one's own

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Encyclopedia of Evolution

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
Science and technology, Life Sciences, Social sciences, Anthropology
Length:
2,921 words

Evolutionary game theory is a way of thinking about evolution when the best thing for an individual to do depends

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The Oxford Companion to American Military History

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2004
Subject:
History, Military History, Social sciences, Warfare and Defence
Length:
482 words

Within national security analysis, Game theory deals with parties making choices that influence each other's interests, where they all know

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The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2010
Subject:
Social sciences
Length:
2,494 words

Epistemological discussions since the late nineteenth century have revealed two main ways of explaining an event. One is to derive

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Oxford Companion to Australian Politics

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2008
Subject:
Social sciences, Politics
Length:
539 words

Strategic choice theory—or game theory as it is more commonly known—is the general theory of optimisation in a situation where

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World Encyclopedia

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Current Version:
2004
Subject:
Encyclopedias
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67 words

In mathematics, analysis of problems involving conflict. Initially it was based on the assumption that participants in conflict adopt strategies

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The Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science & Medicine (3 ed.)

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2007
Subject:
Science and technology, Medicine and health
Length:
23 words

Mathematical theory concerned with the optimum choice of strategy in situations involving a conflict of interest. See also theory of games...

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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2002
Subject:
History, Military History, Social sciences, Warfare and Defence
Length:
49 words
the branch of mathematics concerned with the analysis of strategies for dealing with competitive situations where the outcome of a participant's choice of action depends critically on the ... More
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The Continuum Encyclopedia of British Philosophy

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2010
Subject:
Philosophy
Length:
547 words

A game is an interactive situation involving two or more players making strategic decisions. Game theory is a branch of

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Steven J. Brams

The Oxford Companion to Comparative Politics

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2012
Subject:
Social sciences, Politics
Length:
1,046 words

A branch of mathematics, game theory is used to analyze competitive situations whose outcomes depend not only on one's own

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Frank George

The Oxford Companion to the Mind (2 ed.)

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Current Version:
2006
Subject:
Science and technology, Psychology, Philosophy
Length:
236 words

The most famous of Von Neumann's many contributions to mathematics was embodied in The Theory of Games and Economic Behavior...

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Thomas Pink

The Oxford Companion to Philosophy (2 ed.)

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Current Version:
2005
Subject:
Philosophy
Length:
169 words
The formalized study of rational action in situations where the welfare of each agent in a group depends on how other group members act. A game is specified by, for each participating ... More

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