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About the Course

This course provides a brief introduction to game theory. Our main goal is to understand the basic ideas behind the key concepts in game theory, such as equilibrium, rationality, and cooperation. The course uses very little mathematics, and it is ideal for those who are looking for a conceptual introduction to game theory. Business competition, political campaigns, the struggle for existence by animals and plants, and so on, can all be regarded as a kind of “game,” in which individuals try to do their best against others. Game theory provides a general framework to describe and analyze how individuals behave in such “strategic” situations. This course focuses on the key concepts in game theory, and attempts to outline the informal basic ideas that are often hidden behind mathematical definitions. Game theory has been applied to a number of disciplines, including economics, political science, psychology, sociology, biology, and computer science. Therefore, a warm welcome is extended to audiences from all fields who are interested in what game theory is all about....

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RR

May 30, 2020

This course is amazing for beginners for no prior knowledge about game theory. I especially love the recommendations given at the end of the courses and the honour problems given in the course.

MM

Apr 18, 2020

very good introductory course! for a more theoretical understanding of what game theory is about. some interesting applications were brought up to illustrate the types of games as well.

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By Leigh F

Jan 29, 2025

1) Please look at the camera and arrange the slides so that emphasis can be correctly pointed out, quite often in the lectures Dr. Kandori is pointing at a blank space and his eyes are jumping around to read his script. These actions really detract from the content. He hardly ever looks at the viewer. 2) There is a lot of repeated content. 3) Some of the main points that are given in the quizzes were glossed over in the lectures. 4) The slides are so-so. Also, there is no need to focus examples around an American audience. Why not use Japanese names instead of "Andy" and "Becky" and also why not use other political examples other than Democrats and Republicans? The US system is falling apart so it doesn't deserve to be described in a course as a credible example. One side has become completely corrupt. It would be more interesting to discuss disintegration of the system due to corruption then to say it is a 'not exactly' example that game theory may have good prediction for. 5) It would be excellent to spend a lot more time with examples of game matrices and finding Nash Equilibria. There were not enough examples. Also, what happens if there are over 100 choices per player? What are the algorithms to solve this problem efficiently? What happens if there are more than two players? 6) No one is monitoring the comments and questions. This isn't helpful. I get the feeling that the only reason this course is still offered, aside from the financial motivation, is to gather more data for the two player game students are ask to play. The course overall feels dated. It feels like 2015! 7) Please just give the bottom line learning from the PNAS paper rather than advertising it. Are the conclusions from that paper still holding up? Thank you for your time. I did learn some things and have already bought two of the recommended books.

By Ze L

May 4, 2017

It's good for a course of 3 hours in high school but definitely not a college-level one. I almost finished the quiz and exams without going through the videos. If the course can't challenge an outsider, he will not benefit from it either.

And there lacks a "further reading or material" part, the basic models are not satisfying. (I thought there would be a introduction to Zermelo's theorem ...)

I hope more interesting models could be introduced.

By Jonathan G

Feb 7, 2018

I call false advertising! This course has nothing to do with what it claimed to be. Strategy is something entirely different than mathematics.

By Саламова Л Р

Dec 14, 2020

As i already know all of this , this is pretty useless for me

By Rohan S G

Jul 23, 2020

Some explanations are inadequate

By PRAVEEN K U

May 19, 2020

very poor