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Pros
The book is one big story that consists of several sub-stories. It's a really good book about cooperative and non- cooperative games and how they are both made by humans and can be found in nature. All is written in a very enjoyable style.
The biography of john von neumann is fascinating too. Von neumann was one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century. The book is a good primer for further reading on bertrand russell, john nash the subject of the movie, a beautiful mind, and ... Read More
It so masterfully weaves together numerous areas of human interest. Whether it provides useful in everyday life is questionable, but it is an enjoyable romp nonetheless. For me, as a doctoral student making a thesis on multicriterion optimization, it ... Read More
According to the prisoner's dilemma, two suspects are arrested and are sequestered from each other. Unbeknownst to each other, the district attorney makes each an offer. Although both would be better off if they remained silent, the possibility of bei... Read More
Good balance of storytelling, logic and game theory fundamentals. Author does a good job in pulling in game theory's applications to across sciences. Game theory provides a framework to analyze strategic decision-making in competitive and cooperative ... Read More
Cons
After reading it, i was entirely unable to say what it was about. It's just that after reading it,. I was entirely unable to say what it was about.
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Quality
For the people in the business of decision making i bet that you will be amazed with the impressions you get from it
The historical context enriches the readers understanding of the ethical implications and strategic decisionmaking associated w... Read More
As such it is largely the product of ivory tower intellectual speculation
Oh well it is lucky for us that we can look back and read about the history with the knowledge that people didnt take von neuma... Read More
Price
Poundstone is a mathematician but he keeps it simple and light yet relevant
Poundstone is a fine writer with a real gift for this sort of thing
Packaging/appearance
You need not be a mathematician to understand the contents
Competitiveness
I found this book through a political science class of all places and it fits beautifully there exploring the nature of allianc... Read More
I found in particular the section on the competitions between strategies to maximize payout to be one of my favorites
All of these things can in principle be modeled using game theory the development of which is the subject of poundstones highy ... Read More
Neither are convered in extreme detail but that isnt bad
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- This product had a total of 305 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 20 2023.
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While books like 34game theory a nontechnical introduction34 by morton d
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I imagined that it was about the well known economics problem called the prisoners dilemma or sometimes conflated with game theory as the title states
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The book is a history of von niewman and how game theory was used than a book about what game theory is and can be used
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Only because the book was somewhat of a letdown
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But the physical product was good
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The tension arises because there are usually benefits to cooperating with others but as these benefits increase the advantage to someone who chooses to cheat increase
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