The mathematical study of games is an intriguing endeavor with implications and applications that reach far beyond tic-tac-toe, chess, and poker to economics, business, and even biology and politics. Most texts on the subject, however, are written at the graduate level for those with strong mathematics, economics, or business backgrounds.
I came across this title back in 2004 on our school library's new book shelf. Being an introductory text, the range of topics and the level of mathematics it features is not geared towards a graduate course in the subject (which is what I was looking for at the time). However the exposition is perfectly suited for a junior or senior audience in the applied math, operations research, or economics majors. The coverage of the...
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Introducing Game Theory and its Applications by Elliot Mendelson (Chapman & Hall/CRC) The mathematical study of games is an intriguing endeavor with implications and applications that reach far beyond tic-tac-toe, chess, and poker to economics, business, and even biology. Most texts on the subject, however, are written at the graduate level for those with strong mathematics, economics, or business backgrounds. In a clear...
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