Popularized by movies such as "A Beautiful Mind", game theory is the mathematical modeling of strategic interaction among rational (and irrational) agents. Over four weeks of lectures, this advanced course considers how to design interactions between agents in order to achieve good social outcomes. Three main topics are covered: social choice theory (i.e., collective decision making and voting systems), mechanism design, and auctions.
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Game Theory II: Advanced Applications
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Reviewed on Aug 23, 2021
I have been grateful to be part of both Game Theory I and II, thank you for all this was very helpful for my career
Reviewed on Oct 18, 2022
Very interesting and challenging... I wish there were more practical/real-world examples to learn the concepts but I was very glad to take this course
Reviewed on Jun 3, 2020
Great course. Very relevant to a lot of problems in business. Content was overtly mathematical. More practical examples cold have been interesting to solve.
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