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About the Course

Popularized by movies such as "A Beautiful Mind," game theory is the mathematical modeling of strategic interaction among rational (and irrational) agents. Beyond what we call `games' in common language, such as chess, poker, soccer, etc., it includes the modeling of conflict among nations, political campaigns, competition among firms, and trading behavior in markets such as the NYSE. How could you begin to model keyword auctions, and peer to peer file-sharing networks, without accounting for the incentives of the people using them? The course will provide the basics: representing games and strategies, the extensive form (which computer scientists call game trees), Bayesian games (modeling things like auctions), repeated and stochastic games, and more. We'll include a variety of examples including classic games and a few applications. You can find a full syllabus and description of the course here: http://web.stanford.edu/~jacksonm/GTOC-Syllabus.html There is also an advanced follow-up course to this one, for people already familiar with game theory: https://www.coursera.org/learn/gametheory2/ You can find an introductory video here: http://web.stanford.edu/~jacksonm/Intro_Networks.mp4...

Top reviews

AG

Jul 4, 2017

Course is really good. Covers a lot of content. One of the best places on the internet to learn game theory. Active discussion forum. Some more examples can be added as separate videos.

RC

May 8, 2017

The course is generally good. The exercises however are not very well explained. Furthermore, it would be nice to have a pdf from the course in order to be able to study independently.

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By Rupesh S

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Jul 2, 2018

The games that we play gives us practical understanding

By Dhruval S

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Oct 23, 2017

One of the best online course I have learned till now .

By George D

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Jan 2, 2019

Too many words could inflated a meaning. Just Amazing.

By Orlov I M

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Oct 22, 2018

A great course about Game Theory, thank you very much.

By matt h

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Feb 19, 2018

Very well organized. I am looking forward to course 2!

By Daniel G R

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Jan 5, 2018

Great course but Can I get certificate without paying?

By Alexander P

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Nov 3, 2017

Thank you for a beautiful journey through Game Theory.

By 吳發豪

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May 18, 2025

我覺得這個課程真的幫助我很多，透過生活上事物的不只是讓我了解到一些博弈的原理，同時也知道該如何求出其機率。

By Keane M

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Apr 18, 2022

Fascinating course and very extensive introduction.

By Saayan

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Aug 14, 2020

The course was great. I had a lot of fun doing this!

By Ram K

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Dec 19, 2019

good course for competitor analysis, in the market .

By Rohit K

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Oct 29, 2019

Awesome well thought and crafted course for students

By Paulina K

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Jul 7, 2017

Great course, I can't wait to start the second part!

By Miguel I B G

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May 29, 2021

Es un curso muy interesante y fácil de comprender

By Christian K

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Mar 22, 2021

Amazing teacher, well prepared content. Thank you!

By Stéphane C

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Jun 2, 2020

Excellent introduction to game theory. Many thanks

By Mohamed A

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Apr 24, 2020

So fun and informative course really love coursera

By Louis G

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Oct 21, 2016

A bit technical (in a good way) and very pedagogic

By Kartik B

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May 24, 2019

This course is Quite good.

It is at an Apex level.

By CESAR G H

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Mar 22, 2019

Amazing!!!

Very hard bud incredibly interesting!!!

By D. B

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Jun 14, 2017

Good course, recommended for basic self learning.

By Aditya P S C

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Jul 16, 2023

Amazing pedagogy and explanation of the content.

By Harshal S

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Aug 12, 2022

Highly recommend, fun course with nice concepts

By MICHAEL D

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Apr 30, 2017

Very enjoyable course and would highly recommend

By Yixuan Z

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Apr 13, 2022

Thanks Coursera and teacher，I love game theory！