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Games of Strategy
Theory and Applications
Games of Strategy: Theory and Applications, originally published by Prentice Hall in 1961, was written by Melvin Dresher, a RAND research mathematician, during the heyday of Game Theory at RAND. This book introduced readers to the basic concepts of game theory and its applications for military, economic, and political problems, as well as its usefulness in decisionmaking in business, operations research, and behavioral science. More than forty years after its first publication as a RAND research study, and to celebrate RAND’s 60th Anniversary, RAND is proud to bring this classic work back into print in paperback and digital formats.
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Pages: 196
ISBN/EAN: 978-0-8330-4225-5
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Contents
Chapter One:
Game, Strategy, and Saddle-Point
Chapter Two:
The Fundamental Theorem
Chapter Three:
Properties of Optimal Strategies
Chapter Four:
Games in Extensive Form
Chapter Five:
Methods of Solving Games
Chapter Six:
Games with Infinite Number of Strategies
Chapter Seven:
Solution of Infinite Games
Chapter Eight:
Games with Convex Payoff Functions
Chapter Nine:
Games of Timing — Duels
Chapter Ten:
Tactical Air-War Game
Chapter Eleven:
Infinite Games with Separable Payoff Functions
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