Two-Person Zero-Sum Games
Two-person zero-sum game theory deals with situations that are perfectly competitive—there are exactly two decision makers for whom there is no possibility of cooperation or compromise. It is the most fundamental part of game theory, and the part most com
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Alan Washburn
Two-Person Zero-Sum Games Fourth Edition
International Series in Operations Research & Management Science
Volume 201
Series Editor: Frederick S. Hillier Stanford University, CA, USA Special Editorial Consultant: Camille C. Price Stephen F. Austin State University, TX, USA
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Alan Washburn
Two-Person Zero-Sum Games Fourth Edition
Alan Washburn Operations Research Department Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA, USA
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Foreword
Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. . .. J. M. Keynes
This book is unusual among books on game theory in considering only the special case where there are exactly two players whose interests are completely opposed— the two-person zero-sum (TPZS) case.
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