PHL 38900 Game Theory
This is an applied logic course dealing with strategic action. The term 'game' includes any situation in which people interact and adopt strategies in order to reach a certain desired outcome. We will discuss rationality, revealed preference, risk, zero-sum games, games of cooperation, bargaining, decision theory, Nash equilibria, Prisoner's Dilemmas, etc.
Credits
3
Prerequisite
(
MTH 12100,
MTH 13100,
MTH 13400,
MTH 13500,
MTH 14100,
MTH 15100,
MTH 15200, ,
MTH 24100,
MTH 27100, or
MTH 27200) and (
ECON 23010,
ECON 23020, or any three credit hours of philosophy (
PHL 10200 or higher) or any three credit hours of political science (
PS 15500 or higher)).
Offered
Offered spring semester of even numbered years.