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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

WY

May 16, 2017

Great ! Interesting and abound at the same time. Hope Professors will clarify the strategic utility function more clearly because it's hard for students with poor math basic(forget most><) right now!

SC

Feb 7, 2022

I would have preferred a more mathematically rigorous treatment of the subject. Nevertheless, this was a great course — the instructors expounded all concepts with exceptional clarity and engagement.

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By Hao W

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Dec 10, 2017

Nice intro course on game theory.

By Jean-Philippe C

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Sep 3, 2017

Excellent course on game theory !

By Craig P

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May 1, 2017

very informative and interesting.

By Michael N

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Aug 15, 2024

the exam format should be harder

By Benjamin L

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May 6, 2021

Very good course. Learned a lot.

By Беляев Д В

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Oct 21, 2020

It´s a very good course! Thanks!

By Diego L

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Apr 12, 2020

It was clear and useful, thanks!

By Saurabh K

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Nov 14, 2019

I learnt lots of things . Thanks

By Ashish G

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Apr 23, 2019

Awesome teachers, great content.

By SantiagoTrujillo

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Aug 5, 2022

enlightening, and fun---

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By LEE B H

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Dec 4, 2021

thank you for all the resources

By Leo W

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Feb 7, 2020

Enjoyable and highly applicable

By Terence L

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May 3, 2017

this explains the laws of power

By Mufizul I A

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Jan 28, 2017

I like it, as economics student

By 张胜虎

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Apr 15, 2023

Very good and lifelong benefit

By Oreste P

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May 14, 2017

A real intellectual challenge.

By Xiao X

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Jun 20, 2022

Can I get it free please :)))

By Louis B

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Dec 21, 2020

A great first course on here.

By 任翔宇

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Apr 8, 2020

The homework is a little easy

By Alfred L

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Nov 12, 2017

I really enjoyed this course!

By abhishek k

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Dec 28, 2020

one of best course available

By William L

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Apr 23, 2022

Comprehensive and Excellent

By Hussam I

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Mar 13, 2020

this course was very useful

By Rodrigo C

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Oct 29, 2019

Thank you so much for this!

By shrestha k

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Apr 30, 2019

Great Course of Game Theory