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| The Dover Math and Science Newsletter |
| Engaging. Interactive. Informative. |
| June 13, 2011 |
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| Dover Books on Game Theory |
| Dover has actively reprinted classic books on game theory, from non-technical books for the general reader to specialized and advanced mathematical treatments for over thirty years. Here is an overview of our titles in this area at this time. |
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| This entertaining text is essential for anyone interested in game theory. This book has certainly introduced more students and readers to the subject of game theory than any others. Learn more » |
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| This non-technical in introduction to probability will be rewarding reading for anyone getting interested in game theory. Warren Weaver (1894-1978) was a mathematician and scientific administrator with The Rockefeller Foundation and other institutions. With Claude Shannon, he co-authored the seminal work on communication theory, The Mathematical Theory of Communication, in 1949. Learn more » |
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| This book examines how simple mathematical analysis can throw unexpected light on games of every type - games of chance, games of skill, games of chance and skill, and automatic games. Discusses classic puzzles as peg solitaire and Rubik's cube. Lucid, instructive, and full of surprises, it will fascinate mathematicians and gamesters alike. Learn more » |
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| A fascinating, accessible introduction to this important and popular subject with numerous applications to social, economic, political problems. Morton D. Davis is Professor of Mathematics at City College of the City University of New York. Learn more » |
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| Many of the most important mathematical concepts were developed from recreational problems. Orin Chein is Professor of Mathematics at Temple University. Bonnie Averbach is Associate Professor of Risk, Insurance and Health Care Management at The Fox School of Business, Temple University. Learn more » |
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| A noted expert presents clearly written discussions of essential ideas related to the highly useful mathematical approach to human behavior and decision-making. Anatol Rapoport (1911-2007) was a mathematical psychologist who worked in general systems theory, mathematical biology, and the mathematical modeling of social interaction. He taught at The University of Michigan (1955-1970) and The University of Toronto (1970-1979). Learn more » |
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| A problem-oriented text for evaluating statistical procedures through decision and game theory. M.A. Girshick was a Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University. David H. Blackwell (1919-2010) was Professor Emeritus of Statistics at the University of California, Berkeley. Learn more » |
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| A noted research mathematician explores decision making in the absence of perfect information. No advanced algebra or non-elementary calculus occurs in most of the proofs. Learn more » |
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| One of the classic early monographs on game theory, this comprehensive overview illustrates the theory's applications to situations involving conflicts of interest, including economic, social, political, and military contexts. J.C.C. McKinsey (1908-1953) was on the staff of the RAND Corporation and from 1951 to 1953 a member of the Philosophy Dept. at Stanford University. Learn more » |
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| One of the early definitive works in game theory, this volume takes an original and expert look at conflict solutions. Rufus Isaacs was a Professor of Mathematics at the Johns Hopkins University. Learn more » |
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| Superb non-technical introduction to game theory and related disciplines, primarily as applied to the social sciences. R. Duncan Luce (1925-) is Distinguished Research Professor of Cognitive Science at The University of California, Irvine. His other Dover books are Individual Choice Behavior, (2005) and Foundations of Measurement, (2006), with David H. Krantz, Patrick Suppes, and Amos Tversky. Howard Raiffa is Frank P. Ramsey Professor (Emeritus) of Managerial Economics at Harvard University. Learn more » |
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| In this single-volume edition of a noted two-volume text, the author synthesizes the concepts of game theory, programming theory, and the concepts and techniques of mathematical economics into a single systematic theory. Samuel Karlin (1924-2007) was on the faculty of The California Institute of Technology (1948-1956) and then a Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at Stanford University. Learn more » |
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| Mathematical economics and game theory approached with the fundamental mathematical toolbox of nonlinear functional analysis are the central themes of this text. Jean-Pierre Aubin is the author of Dover's Approximation of Elliptic Boundary-Value Problems and co-author, with Ivar Ekeland, of Applied Nonlinear Analysis. Learn more » |
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| This volume lays the mathematical foundations for the theory of differential games, developing a rigorous mathematical framework with existence theorems. Avner Friedman is a Professor of Mathematics at Ohio State University, and the author of several other Dover books including Foundations of Modern Analysis, (current printing 2010), Partial Differential Equations of Parabolic Type, (2008), and Variational Principles and Free-Boundary Problems, (2010). Learn more » |
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| This presentation of systematic methods for winning differential games of pursuit and evasion explores the procedures' scope and applications.Otomar Hájek is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Case Western Reserve University. Learn more » |
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| This volume presents research by algebraists and model theorists in accessible form for advanced undergraduates or beginning graduate students studying algebra, logic, or model theory. Wilfrid Hodges is affiliated with the University of London's School of Mathematical Sciences. Learn more » |
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