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About the Course

Popularized by movies such as "A Beautiful Mind," game theory is the mathematical modeling of strategic interaction among rational (and irrational) agents. Beyond what we call `games' in common language, such as chess, poker, soccer, etc., it includes the modeling of conflict among nations, political campaigns, competition among firms, and trading behavior in markets such as the NYSE. How could you begin to model keyword auctions, and peer to peer file-sharing networks, without accounting for the incentives of the people using them? The course will provide the basics: representing games and strategies, the extensive form (which computer scientists call game trees), Bayesian games (modeling things like auctions), repeated and stochastic games, and more. We'll include a variety of examples including classic games and a few applications. You can find a full syllabus and description of the course here: http://web.stanford.edu/~jacksonm/GTOC-Syllabus.html There is also an advanced follow-up course to this one, for people already familiar with game theory: https://www.coursera.org/learn/gametheory2/ You can find an introductory video here: http://web.stanford.edu/~jacksonm/Intro_Networks.mp4...

Top reviews

WY

May 16, 2017

Great ! Interesting and abound at the same time. Hope Professors will clarify the strategic utility function more clearly because it's hard for students with poor math basic(forget most><) right now!

SC

Feb 7, 2022

I would have preferred a more mathematically rigorous treatment of the subject. Nevertheless, this was a great course — the instructors expounded all concepts with exceptional clarity and engagement.

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By Stefanos S

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May 28, 2021

Great Course! Thank you for your time!

By Ebenezer N

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Feb 5, 2017

Great introduction to Game Theory !!!!

By Oleksii I

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Oct 6, 2016

great course to start with game theory

By Lucina V

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Jul 3, 2024

extremely helpful fascinating classes

By Fakir A M

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Apr 14, 2024

It is my first course on Game theory.

By he e

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Jul 2, 2022

great course that inspire my thoughts

By QingFang

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Jun 12, 2019

I have learned a lot from this class.

By Zhenmin T

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Feb 27, 2017

Very good course, it's worth the time

By Rahul

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Sep 29, 2024

Good teaching and fun to learn about

By Andrii S

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May 19, 2022

Really interesting and great course.

By Sraavan B

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Jun 3, 2020

brilliant, intelectually stimulating

By Shayan V

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May 18, 2020

quite well explained and interesting

By Abhishek k t

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Aug 27, 2018

Well structured course for beginner.

By PRADEEP K

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Apr 2, 2018

a good course for economics students

By 孙晖

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Nov 5, 2017

I think this course is interesting.

By Jin Y

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Mar 14, 2017

Good structure and useful exercises

By Ivan G

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Oct 26, 2016

Excellent course, very interesting!

By Teng

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Sep 11, 2016

A great course. Beginner friendly.

By Muhammad A

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Aug 18, 2020

Awesome course, It helps me a lot.

By Juan J E L V

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Jul 3, 2020

Best course ever of Game Theory!!!

By Saurabh M

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Mar 31, 2020

Really intriguing course framework

By Bajrang M

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Jan 2, 2024

Learning this course was fabulous

By Utpal S

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Sep 27, 2023

Exceptional course on game theory

By Yifei G

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May 22, 2018

Very informative and interesting.

By Yassine W

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Jan 3, 2018

very instructive and insightful !