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Course: Game Theory Level: Postgraduate Time: Currently not offered

Syllabus Past Exams Syllabus: Introduction: Introduction to Game theory and its applications Examples of different kind of games. Non-cooperative game: Two person zero-sum game, Solution approach by graphical method and LP method. Bimatrix game, Concept of Nash equilibrium and its computation using Lemke-Howson algorithm. Introduction to stochastic game with examples: Classes of two-person zero-sum structured stochastic games. Cooperative games: Introduction to Cooperative games. Solution concepts such as core, Shapley value, nucleolus etc. Reference Texts: 1. Game Theory: By Guillermo Owen, Academic Press. 2. Game Theory for Economists: By Jurgen Eichberger, Academic Press. 3. Competitive Markov Decision Processes: By Filar, J., A. and Vrieze, O.J. (1997). Springer, New York Top of the page Past Exams

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