MA4400 Cooperation and Competition

The course will develop game theoretic concepts in evaluations of the importance of players in bargaining situations and of elements in networks. Topics covered include cooperative and noncooperative games, bargaining, the Shapley Value, and coalitions. The course will study applications to military problems and applications to economics, political science, and biology. There will be extensive reading from the literature.

Prerequisite

MA3042, OA3201, and an introductory course in probability

Lecture Hours

4

Lab Hours

0

Course Learning Outcomes

After successfully completing this course, the student will be able to:

• Differentiate between cooperative and non-cooperative games.
• Understand bargaining, the Shapley Value, and coalitions.
• Understand how to utilize game theoretic approaches for other applications such as military problems, economics, political science, and biology.