Hi,


can anyone explain to me what is meant by game theory.

http://www.hypography.com/hypography.cfm?id=75

various articles for you there, you can also take a game theory quiz if you want to.

Okay. Does anyone here want to discuss Game Theory?

What are the odds of that? :p

About 3 to <number of members>.

Here's a game theory for you:

Game theory: those addicted to games, particularly the video variety, are teh dumb.

*Spoken in the language gamers would understand.

are you sure you know what game theory is? or in your language i suppose it would be, 64m3 7h30ry

All I know about game theory is:

In fact, game theory is a field which combines philosophy and math to work out ways to solve classic games.

Because that is all I read from the link before I closed it. I freely admit to having no interest in it. Just thought I'd share a theory of my own upon deciding to close the link from above..

Because that is all I read from the link before I closed it. I freely admit to having no interest in it.

So, you have no interest in something you admit you have no knowledge of.

How did you judge whether it was interesting or not?

I do have knowledge of it. Game theory is a field which combines philosophy and math to work out ways to solve classic games. zzzz SNORE.

I don't think that counts as knowledge. You don't even know if it is right.

Zero sum. Aer defects. James retaliates so Aer decides to play tit-for-tat...

You don't even know if it is right. What is defined as right?

There was linked to an article which contained that definition for game theory. Why would I suspect that he wants to talk about any other possible definition for game theory? If that is the case - he does want to talk about another possible definition for game theory, then that makes my post defining my own game theory all the more relevant. (Even though I had no intention of it being relevant at the time of submission)

Woosh!

(That's the sound of superluminal's comment going over Aer's head.)

Woosh!

(That's the sound of superluminal's comment going over Aer's head.)
I was talking to you Mr James R, not SL :rolleyes:

Anyway, it is you playing tit-for-tat from my perspective. Which reality is the correct one?

Aer:

I can't see this discussion going anywhere useful, so I'm pulling out at this point.

Didn't you like how I turned it into a relativity thread? ;)

Anyway, mutually agreed - not a useful conversation.

Aer, why did you look at that drab definition? Game theory is interesting enough, once you get hold of a good example. You can use it to analyze different strategies and their outcomes. For example, if you're running a firm, and there is another firm in the same market, and you have three strategies from which to choose, you can see which one would be the safest to implement, considering you don't know which the other guy is going to use. There are some good sites. just look it up a little, if you want to at least know what it's about.

Oh I don't know why I looked it. I regret ever having looked at it. It may have something to do with the 2nd post in this thread linking to the article that gave that definition on the first line? I don't know though... just guessing.

I bought a brilliant little pocket book on game theory.
After reading it, I was able to beat the minimax strategy, and prove Von Neuman wrong.

How is that?
There are plenty of cases when minimax isn't applicable, but I guess you're saying something else.

I think it has to do with satisfying many people at the same time. By best illustration is prisoners delimmer, look it up on the internet. At least thats why my teacher told me at school

Prisoner's dilemma is a classic minimax (or maxmin, I don't remember) solution.

Hi,

Oh i am sorry that I couldnt join ur discussion. Any way I am familiar with the basics of game theory. But I need to know something about multi player games.

Hi,

I would like to know how Mr. Einstuck proved Von Neuman wrong.