Game Theory
A Nontechnical Introduction (Dover Books on Mathematics)
by Morton D. Davis
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appears in Math Science, Finance, and Nonfiction.
"A lucid and penetrating development of game theory that will appeal to the intuition . . . a most valuable contribution." ? Douglas R. Hofstadter, author of Gödel, Escher, BachThe foundations of game theory were laid by John von Neumann, who in 1928 proved the basic minimax theorem, and with the 1944 publication of the Theory of Games and Economic...
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