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Game Theory

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Game theory has been applied to a wide variety of situations in which the choices of players interact to affect the outcome.

In stressing the strategic aspects of decision making, or aspects controlled by the players rather than by pure chance, the theory both supplements and goes beyond the classical theory of probability. It has been used, for example, to determine what political coalitions or business conglomerates are likely to form, the optimal price at which to sell products or services in the face of competition, the power of a voter or a bloc of voters, whom to select for a jury, the best site for a manufacturing plant, and the behaviour of certain animals and plants in their struggle for survival. It has even been used to challenge the legality of certain voting systems.

Faculty Working in this Area

Last First Professional Title Available To Advise?
Sandholm Tuomas Angel Jordan University Professor of Computer Science
Shi Elaine Associate Professor
Wang Weina Assistant Professor
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