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Geometry, language and strategy [electronic resource] / Gerald H. Thomas.
ISBN:
9789812774477
Title:
Geometry, language and strategy [electronic resource] / Gerald H. Thomas.
Author:
Thomas, G. H. (Gerald Harper), 1942-
Publication Information:
Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, ©2006.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xi, 240 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Series:
Series on knots and everything ; v. 37
Contents:
1. Introduction. 1.1. Geometry of economic games. 1.2. Market fluid. 1.3. Thermodynamics of games. 1.4. Rules of the game. 1.5. Economic justification. 1.6. Dynamic games. 1.7. Nature of time. 1.8. Outline -- 2. Rules-of-the-game. 2.1. Games are covariant. 2.2. General attributes of the game matrix. 2.3. Geodesics. 2.4. Games are locally flat. 2.5. Dynamic game theory hypothesis -- 3. Flow of strategic-mass. 3.1. Local versus global. 3.2. The connection. 3.3. Curvature. 3.4. Geometry specified by sources -- 4. Game symmetries. 4.1. Earth's symmetries. 4.2. Active and inactive choices. 4.3. Covariance or isometry. 4.4. Dynamic theory of games. 4.5. Time isometry -- 5. Analysis. 5.1. Reference frames. 5.2. Two-person zero-sum fair game. 5.3. Central frame models. 5.4. Basic behavior -- 6. Graphical presentation. 6.1. Fair games. 6.2. Value games. 6.3. Three-person game. 6.4. Observations -- 7. Applications and open problems. 7.1. Organizational dynamics. 7.2. Reorganization cycles. 7.3. What is a player? 7.4. Flat games. 7.5. Three-person and higher games. 7.6. Non-zero sum games. 7.7. Viscous games. 7.8. Quantum games. 7.9. Complete solutions.
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Publication Date:
2006
Publication Information:
Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, ©2006.