The Complete Idiot's Guide to Game Theory

Contents

1. Part 1: The Basics
   1. 1 What Exactly Is Game Theory?
      1. The First Moves
      2. Game Basics
         1. Real Life vs. Mathematical Theories
         2. A Real-World Application
      3. Zero Sum Games
         1. Two Finger Morra
         2. Constant Sum Games
      4. Nonzero Sum Games
      5. Extensive Form Games
      6. Games with Perfect Information
      7. Games with Incomplete Information
      8. Cooperative Games
      9. Solving Games
      10. Consider the Other Player’s Position
   2. 2 Playing the Percentages
      1. The Not-So-Average World of Averages
         1. Simple Averages
         2. Weighted Averages
         3. Probabilities and Expected Values
         4. Maximin and Minimax
         5. Deciding Which Decision Criterion to Apply
      2. Decision Theory
         1. Strategic Choices
         2. The Math of Decisions
         3. In the Real World
      3. Decision Trees
         1. Creating the Decision Tree
         2. Play It Safe or Roll the Dice?
      4. Statistics, Data, and Trustworthy ...