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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1完成时间为 4 小时
Why Do We Need Game Theory, and What Does it Tell Us?
Is it possible to analyze a wide variety of social and economic problems using a unified framework? In the first module, we address this question. We will see that the concept of rational decision making is useful, but it is not quite sufficient to provide governing principles. Motivated examples and some history of game theory will be provided. You will also be asked to play a simple card game to see how it feels to make your decisions strategically.
12 个视频 （总计 91 分钟）, 6 个阅读材料, 5 个测验
12 个视频
1-1 What is Game Theory? 8分钟
1-2 Modelling Social Problems as a "Game" 12分钟
1-3 In Search for the Governing Principle10分钟
1-4 Concerns About a Mathematical Theory of Human Behavior 7分钟
1-5 Let's Play a Game 6分钟
Card Game Tutorial (No Audio)2分钟
1-6 John Nash Discovered the Governing Principle 6分钟
1-7 Nash Equilibrium9分钟
1-8 Traffic Game in Reality 7分钟
1-9 Location Game 6分钟
1-10 Policies of Two Parties 10分钟
6 个阅读材料
Course Description10分钟
Syllabus10分钟
Card Game Challenge Instruction10分钟
(Supplementary Reading Material) Convergence to Nash Equilibrium in the Traffic Game10分钟
About Optional Challenge Problems2分钟
Supplemental explanation for Question 1, 2 and 310分钟
5 个练习
Practice Quiz 1.12分钟
Practice Quiz 1.24分钟
Practice Quiz 1.32分钟
Graded Quiz 114分钟
Module 1 Optional Challenge Problems
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2完成时间为 3 小时
Understanding Nash equilibrium
The basic solution concept of game theory is Nash equilibrium. In Module 2, we try to understand this central concept through various examples and ask the following crucial question: how do players come to play a Nash equilibrium?
10 个视频 （总计 89 分钟）, 1 个阅读材料, 5 个测验
10 个视频
2-2 Coordination Game and Self-Fulfilling Prophecy 9分钟
2-3 Market Competition 11分钟
2-4 Why Do People Come to Play Nash Equilibrium? Part I7分钟
2-5 Why Do People Come to Play Nash Equilibrium? Part II 7分钟
2-6 Why Do People Come to Play Nash Equilibrium? Part III 7分钟
2-7 Stylized Facts and Nash Equilibrium 5分钟
2-8 Make Yourself Unpredictable: Mixed Strategy Equilibrium 7分钟
2-9 Sports Games and Game Theory 10分钟
2-10 Nash Equilibrium Exists in All Games 11分钟
1 个阅读材料
About Optional Challenge Problems2分钟
5 个练习
Practice Quiz 2.14分钟
Practice Quiz 2.24分钟
Practice Quiz 2.34分钟
Graded Quiz 214分钟
Module 2 Optional Challenge Problems
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3完成时间为 4 小时
Rationality, Knowledge, and Evolution in Games
In Module 3, we will dig deeper into the relationship between rationality and Nash equilibrium. We will consider the whole spectrum of possible intellectual capacities of players, spanning the range from unlimited ability for sophisticated reasoning to absolute zero intelligence. In the end, you will see that Nash equilibrium can emerge under a fairly wide range of intellectual capacities of players.
9 个视频 （总计 94 分钟）, 3 个阅读材料, 5 个测验
9 个视频
3-2 Digression: How You Played the Card Game and Addressing the Concerns about Game Theory15分钟
3-3 “Payoffs” in a Game: What Exactly Are Those Numbers? 9分钟
3-4 What Does it Mean That a Player is Rational? 6分钟
3-5 Domination: Strategies That Are “Obviously Good or Bad”10分钟
3-6 Common Knowledge of Rationality 10分钟
3-7 Low Rationality: What Happens if Players Are Not Very Smart?7分钟
3-8 Game Theory Under Zero-Intelligence: Biological Evolution 10分钟
3-9 Fig Wasps Play a Nash Equilibrium 11分钟
3 个阅读材料
Aggregated Result of the Card Game Challenge10分钟
About Optional Challenge Problems2分钟
Supplemental explanation for Question 3 and 410分钟
5 个练习
Practice Quiz 3.12分钟
Practice Quiz 3.24分钟
Practice Quiz 3.34分钟
Graded Quiz 314分钟
Module 3 Optional Challenge Problems20分钟
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4完成时间为 4 小时
Sustaining Cooperation
The final module is devoted to the most important and most general message of game theory: rational behavior quite often leads to a socially undesirable outcome. We will first try to understand the basic reason for this, and then see how this insight of game theory has made fundamental impacts in the natural and social sciences. Finally, we will learn some general methods to overcome this problem.
11 个视频 （总计 123 分钟）, 2 个阅读材料, 5 个测验
11 个视频
4-2 Why is Group Rationality Different From Rationality of Individuals? 10分钟
4-3 Group Rationality vs. Rationality of Individuals in Biological Evolution 11分钟
4-4 Group Rationality vs. Rationality of Individuals in Social Thought 11分钟
4-5 How to Enforce Socially Desirable Outcomes13分钟
4-6 Cooperation of gas Stations in Long-Term Relationship Part I: Need For Cooperation 12分钟
4-7 Cooperation of Gas Stations in Long-Term Relationship Part II: Mechanism of Cooperation11分钟
4-8 Reputation and Brand Name10分钟
4-9 Cooperation in Loosely Knit Organization14分钟
4-10 Summary of the Course 13分钟
Final Message from the Instructor4分钟
2 个阅读材料
(Supplementary Reading Material) Why People Discount Future Payoff ?10分钟
About Optional Challenge Problems2分钟
5 个练习
Practice Quiz 4.12分钟
Practice Quiz 4.22分钟
Practice Quiz 4.32分钟
Graded Quiz 414分钟
Module 4 Optional Challenge Problems20分钟
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通过此课程获得实实在在的工作福利
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This is a very good introduction to game theory having never before studied this subject I have found that the Lectures are easy to understand and flow very well from one to the other.
Simple to follow, focuses on introducing basic concepts rather than the math. Could be more in-depth though. Nonetheless, great precursor to the Game Theory course from Stanford.
讲师
Michihiro Kandori
University ProfessorFaculty of Economics
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