Two-Person Zero-Sum Games

• Main Author: Washburn, Alan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Edition: 4th ed. 2014.
• Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 201
• Subjects: Business.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Management science.; Probabilities.; Business and Management.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.; Operations Research, Management Science.

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 commonly applied. There are diverse applications...