Popularized by movies such as "A Beautiful Mind", game theory is the mathematical modeling of strategic interaction among rational (and irrational) agents. Over four weeks of lectures, this advanced course considers how to design interactions between agents in order to achieve good social outcomes. Three main topics are covered: social choice theory (i.e., collective decision making and voting systems), mechanism design, and auctions.
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Game Theory II: Advanced Applications
Stanford UniversityAbout this Course
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Social Choice
Mechanism Design
Efficient Mechanisms
Auctions
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TOP REVIEWS FROM GAME THEORY II: ADVANCED APPLICATIONS
Brilliant mind-teaser, helps you form skills that will lead to logical thinking in strategic interplays between everyday events and even the more complex one.
I have been grateful to be part of both Game Theory I and II, thank you for all this was very helpful for my career
Thank you for giving me excellent information on game theory. It is very helpful course for me. Thank you Stanford University,The University of British Columbia and Coursera.
Solid through the entire course, good lectures and interesting tasks. Only missing a few explanations in some of the task.
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