Schelling Thomas C. The Strategy of Conflict

Oxford University Press, 2000. - 336 Pages. Game theory has revolutionized the study of animal behavior. The fundamental principle of evolutionary game theory - that the strategy adopted by one individual depends on the strategies exhibited by others - has proven a powerful tool in uncovering the forces shaping otherwise mysterious behaviors. In this volume, the first since 1982 devoted to evolutionary game theory, leading researchers describe a...

Dover Publications, 1999. - 408 pages. One of the definitive works in game theory, this volume takes an original and expert look at conflict solutions. Drawing on game theory, the calculus of variations, and control theory, the author solves an amazing array of problems relating to military situations, pursuit and evasion tactics, games of firing and maneuver, athletic contests, and many more. Clearly detailed examples; numerous formal calculati...

Princeton University Press, 2007. - 270 pages. We all played tag when we were kids. The rules couldn't be easier-one player is designated "it" and must try to tag out one of the others. What most of us don't realize is that this simple chase game is in fact an application of pursuit theory, and that the same principles of games like tag, dodgeball, and hide-and-seek are at play in military strategy, high-seas chases by the Coast Guard, even rom...

University of Arizona, 2008, -270 pp. Here are lecture notes from a game-theory course I taught to students in their second year of the economics PhD program at the University of Arizona during the 1992-1997 period. The material presented would also be helpful to first-year PhD students learning game theory as part of their microeconomic-theory sequence, as well as to advanced undergraduates learning game theory. I consider the exposition detaile...

Princeton University Press, 1976, 395p. Introduction. The Cognitive Mapping Approach to Decision Making. Foreign Policy Formation Viewed Cognitevly. The Analysis of Cognitive Maps. Decision for Neoimperialism. Complexity and the Presidency. Explanation of the Unexpected. Strategy for the Energy Crisis. Comparative Cognition. Results. Limitations. Projects. Appendices. Bibliography. Index.