The Language of Game Theory : Putting Epistemics Into the Mathematics of Games

This book contains eight papers written by Adam Brandenburger and his co-authors over a period of 25 years. These papers are part of a program to reconstruct game theory in order to make what players believe about a game a central feature of the theory. The program - now called epistemic game theory - extends the classical definition of a game model to include not only the game matrix or game tree, but also what each player believes about how the game will be played, and even higher-order beliefs. With this richer mathematical framework, it becomes possible to determine what different configurations of beliefs among the players imply for how a game is played. Epistemic game theory includes traditional equilibrium-based theory as a special case, but allows for a wide range of non-equilibrium behavior.

• | Author: Adam Brandenburger
• | Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company Incorporated
• | Publication Date: Apr 07, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 263 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 9814513431
• | ISBN-13: 9789814513432