Building Models by Games :

Wilfrid Hodges
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An introduction to a general method for building infinite mathematical structures, this text for advanced undergraduates and graduate students surveys the method's applications in algebra and model theory and features more than 160 exercises. Wilfrid ...

Evolutionary Games and Population Dynamics

Josef Hofbauer
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Every form of behavior is shaped by trial and error. Such stepwise adaptation can occur through individual learning or through natural selection, the basis of evolution. Since the work of Maynard Smith and others, it has been realized how game theory ...

Makers of Mathematics

Stuart Hollingdale
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Fascinating and highly readable, this book illustrates the roles of Archimedes, Descartes, Fermat, Pascal, Newton, Einstein, and others in the development of mathematics. No specialized knowledge is needed to appreciate this absorbing survey, which h ...

Games, Rationality and Behaviour : Essays on Behavioural Game Theory and Experiments

Alessandro Innocenti
Hardcover - $187.95

This book covers a wide spectrum of issues in behavioural game theory (BGT), ranging from players' heterogeneity, social preferences and reciprocity, to learning, information and punishment in public good games. The book opens up the interdisciplinar ...

Differential Games : A Mathematical Theory with Applications to Warfare and Pursuit, Control and Optimization

Rufus Isaacs
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One of the definitive works in game theory, this volume takes an original and expert look at conflict solutions. Drawing on game theory, the calculus of variations, and control theory, the author solves an amazing array of problems relating to milita ...

Combinatorial Optimization -- Eureka, You Shrink! : Papers Dedicated to Jack Edmonds. 5th International Workshop, Aussois, France, March 5-9, 2001, Rev

Michael Juenger
Paperback - $138.95

This book is dedicated to Jack Edmonds in appreciation of his ground breaking work that laid the foundations for a broad variety of subsequent results achieved in combinatorial optimization.

The main part consists of 13 revised full papers on curr ...

Dynamic Optimization : The Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control in Economics and Management

Morton I. Kamien
Hardcover - $241.95

The long awaited second edition of Dynamic Optimization is now available. Clear exposition and numerous worked examples made the first edition the premier text on this subject. Now, the new edition is expanded and updated to include essential coverag ...

Optimal Shape Design : Lectures Given at the Joint C.I.M./C.I.M.E. Summer School Held in Troia (Portugal), June 1-6, 1998

B. Kawohl
Paperback - $149.95

Optimal Shape Design is concerned with the optimization of some performance criterion dependent (besides the constraints of the problem) on the "shape" of some region. The main topics covered are: the optimal design of a geometrical object, for insta ...

Omega : A Competent Genetic Algorithm for Solving Permutation and Scheduling Problems

Dimitri Knjazew
Hardcover - $252.95

OmeGA: A Competent Genetic Algorithm for Solving Permutation and Scheduling Problems addresses two increasingly important areas in GA implementation and practice. OmeGA, or the ordering messy genetic algorithm, combines some of the latest in competen ...

Empirical Estimates in Stochastic Optimization and Identification

Pavel Solomonovich Knopov
Hardcover - $264.95

This book contains problems of stochastic optimization and identification. Results concerning uniform law of large numbers, convergence of approximate estimates of extremal points, as well as empirical estimates of functionals with probability 1 and ...