Informações sobre o curso: This course provides a brief introduction to game theory. Our main goal is to understand the basic ideas behind the key concepts in game theory, such as equilibrium, rationality, and cooperation. The course uses very little mathematics, and it is ideal for those who are looking for a conceptual introduction to game theory. Business competition, political campaigns, the struggle for existence by animals and plants, and so on, can all be regarded as a kind of “game,” in which individuals try to do their best against others. Game theory provides a general framework to describe and analyze how individuals behave in such “strategic” situations. This course focuses on the key concepts in game theory, and attempts to outline the informal basic ideas that are often hidden behind mathematical definitions. Game theory has been applied to a number of disciplines, including economics, political science, psychology, sociology, biology, and computer science. Therefore, a warm welcome is extended to audiences from all fields who are interested in what game theory is all about.
Para quem é direcionado este curso: This course is aimed at the beginners of economics and game theory: - No prior knowledge of economics or game theory is required. - No knowledge of math beyond simple arithmetic is required.
Desenvolvido por: The University of Tokyo
Ministrado por: Michihiro Kandori, Professor
Faculty of Economics
| Nível | Básico |
| Compromisso | 3-4 hours/week |
| Idioma | English |
| Como ser aprovado | Seja aprovado em todas as tarefas para concluir o curso. |
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Programa
SEMANA 1
Why Do We Need Game Theory, and What Does it Tell Us?
Is it possible to analyze a wide variety of social and economic problems using a unified framework? In the first module, we address this question. We will see that the concept of rational decision making is useful, but it is not quite sufficient to provide governing principles. Motivated examples and some history of game theory will be provided. You will also be asked to play a simple card game to see how it feels to make your decisions strategically.
12 videos, 6 leituras, 3 testes para praticar
- Reading: Course Description
- Reading: Syllabus
- Vídeo: 1-1 What is Game Theory?
- Vídeo: 1-2 Modelling Social Problems as a "Game"
- Vídeo: 1-3 In Search for the Governing Principle
- Vídeo: 1-4 Concerns About a Mathematical Theory of Human Behavior
- Quiz pour s'exercer: Practice Quiz 1.1
- Vídeo: 1-5 Let's Play a Game
- Vídeo: Card Game Tutorial (No Audio)
- Reading: Card Game Challenge Instruction
- Vídeo: 1-6 John Nash Discovered the Governing Principle
- Vídeo: 1-7 Nash Equilibrium
- Quiz pour s'exercer: Practice Quiz 1.2
- Vídeo: 1-8 Traffic Game in Reality
- Reading: (Supplementary Reading Material) Convergence to Nash Equilibrium in the Traffic Game
- Vídeo: 1-9 Location Game
- Vídeo: 1-10 Policies of Two Parties
- Quiz pour s'exercer: Practice Quiz 1.3
- Reading: About Optional Challenge Problems
- Reading: Supplemental explanation for Question 1, 2 and 3
Nota atribuída: Graded Quiz 1
Nota atribuída: Module 1 Optional Challenge Problems
SEMANA 2
Understanding Nash equilibrium
The basic solution concept of game theory is Nash equilibrium. In Module 2, we try to understand this central concept through various examples and ask the following crucial question: how do players come to play a Nash equilibrium?
10 videos, 1 leituras, 3 testes para praticar
- Vídeo: 2-2 Coordination Game and Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
- Vídeo: 2-3 Market Competition
- Quiz pour s'exercer: Practice Quiz 2.1
- Vídeo: 2-4 Why Do People Come to Play Nash Equilibrium? Part I
- Vídeo: 2-5 Why Do People Come to Play Nash Equilibrium? Part II
- Vídeo: 2-6 Why Do People Come to Play Nash Equilibrium? Part III
- Vídeo: 2-7 Stylized Facts and Nash Equilibrium
- Quiz pour s'exercer: Practice Quiz 2.2
- Vídeo: 2-8 Make Yourself Unpredictable: Mixed Strategy Equilibrium
- Vídeo: 2-9 Sports Games and Game Theory
- Vídeo: 2-10 Nash Equilibrium Exists in All Games
- Quiz pour s'exercer: Practice Quiz 2.3
- Reading: About Optional Challenge Problems
Nota atribuída: Graded Quiz 2
Nota atribuída: Module 2 Optional Challenge Problems
SEMANA 3
Rationality, Knowledge, and Evolution in Games
In Module 3, we will dig deeper into the relationship between rationality and Nash equilibrium. We will consider the whole spectrum of possible intellectual capacities of players, spanning the range from unlimited ability for sophisticated reasoning to absolute zero intelligence. In the end, you will see that Nash equilibrium can emerge under a fairly wide range of intellectual capacities of players.
9 videos, 3 leituras, 3 testes para praticar
- Vídeo: 3-2 Digression: How You Played the Card Game and Addressing the Concerns about Game Theory
- Reading: Aggregated Result of the Card Game Challenge
- Vídeo: 3-3 “Payoffs” in a Game: What Exactly Are Those Numbers?
- Quiz pour s'exercer: Practice Quiz 3.1
- Vídeo: 3-4 What Does it Mean That a Player is Rational?
- Vídeo: 3-5 Domination: Strategies That Are “Obviously Good or Bad”
- Vídeo: 3-6 Common Knowledge of Rationality
- Quiz pour s'exercer: Practice Quiz 3.2
- Vídeo: 3-7 Low Rationality: What Happens if Players Are Not Very Smart?
- Vídeo: 3-8 Game Theory Under Zero-Intelligence: Biological Evolution
- Vídeo: 3-9 Fig Wasps Play a Nash Equilibrium
- Quiz pour s'exercer: Practice Quiz 3.3
- Reading: About Optional Challenge Problems
- Reading: Supplemental explanation for Question 3 and 4
Nota atribuída: Graded Quiz 3
Nota atribuída: Module 3 Optional Challenge Problems
SEMANA 4
Sustaining Cooperation
The final module is devoted to the most important and most general message of game theory: rational behavior quite often leads to a socially undesirable outcome. We will first try to understand the basic reason for this, and then see how this insight of game theory has made fundamental impacts in the natural and social sciences. Finally, we will learn some general methods to overcome this problem.
11 videos, 2 leituras, 3 testes para praticar
- Vídeo: 4-2 Why is Group Rationality Different From Rationality of Individuals?
- Quiz pour s'exercer: Practice Quiz 4.1
- Vídeo: 4-3 Group Rationality vs. Rationality of Individuals in Biological Evolution
- Vídeo: 4-4 Group Rationality vs. Rationality of Individuals in Social Thought
- Vídeo: 4-5 How to Enforce Socially Desirable Outcomes
- Quiz pour s'exercer: Practice Quiz 4.2
- Vídeo: 4-6 Cooperation of gas Stations in Long-Term Relationship Part I: Need For Cooperation
- Vídeo: 4-7 Cooperation of Gas Stations in Long-Term Relationship Part II: Mechanism of Cooperation
- Reading: (Supplementary Reading Material) Why People Discount Future Payoff ?
- Vídeo: 4-8 Reputation and Brand Name
- Vídeo: 4-9 Cooperation in Loosely Knit Organization
- Vídeo: 4-10 Summary of the Course
- Quiz pour s'exercer: Practice Quiz 4.3
- Vídeo: Final Message from the Instructor
- Reading: About Optional Challenge Problems
Nota atribuída: Graded Quiz 4
Nota atribuída: Module 4 Optional Challenge Problems
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good basic introduction to the concept of game thoery and its application
very interesting and good explanation
This course is very interesting!!
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A great introduction to an amazing field.