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BSMS4023 - Game Theory and Strategy
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Course Code | BSMS4023 |
| Level | Degree Level Course |
| Credits | 4 |
| Type | Elective |
| Pre-requisites | None |
📖 Description
- Learn how to think of social and economic aspects of life via mathematical models.
- Learn how game theory is applied to think about problems in information economy.
🗓️ Weekly Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction and General Principles |
| Week 2 | Games with Simultaneous Moves I |
| Week 3 | Games with Simultaneous Move II |
| Week 4 | Games with Sequential Moves |
| Week 5 | Combining Sequential and Simultaneous Moves and Mixed Strategies |
| Week 6 | Evolutionary game Theory |
| Week 7 | Matching Problem, Gale-Shapley Algorithm |
| Week 8 | Voting, Cascades, and Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem |
| Week 9 | Cooperative Games, Shapley Values |
| Week 10 | Fair Division, Bankruptcy Problems |
| Week 11 | Auctions |
| Week 12 | Network Effects |
📚 Books & Resources
Prescribed Books
The following are the suggested books for the course:
Games of Strategy by Avinash Dixit and Susan Skeath. W.W. Norton & Company
Insights into Game Theory: An Alternative Mathematical Experience by Ein-Ya Gura,
and Michael Maschler. Cambridge University Press.
Networks, Crowds and Markets: Reasoning About a Highly Connected World by
David Easley, and Jon Kleinberg. Cambridge University Press.
📝 About the Instructors
Dr. Bikramaditya Datta
Assistant Professor,
Department of Economic Sciences,
IIT Kanpur
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Other courses by the same instructor:
BSMS3034 -
Corporate Finance
Vimal Kumar
Professor,
Department of Economic Science,
IIT Kanpur
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