The Cooperative Game Theory of Networks and Hierarchies

• Main Author: Gilles, Robert P. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Theory and Decision Library C, Game Theory, Mathematical Programming and Operations Research, 44
• Subjects: Operations research.; Decision making.; Game theory.; Economic theory.; Economics.; Game Theory.; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.

The book brings together an overview of standard concepts in cooperative game theory with applications to the analysis of social networks and hierarchical authority organizations. The standard concepts covered include the multi-linear extension, the Core, the Shapley value, and the cooperative poten...