509 posts tagged game theory
SubscribeThe Last Days of Willie Randolph
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The Audacity of Basic Maths
http://www.1337hax0r.com/ ?p=719I’ve been watching the American primaries, more or less from the sidelines for months. Mostly, Clinton supporters have been civil. However, recently some seem to have almost completely lost all perspective and capability to do simple mathematics.
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Econ 101: Game Theory and Politics
http://oregonecon.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ econ-101-game-theory-and-politics.htmlA decent description of modern economics is the study of behaviour in the face of incentives. Game theory is a branch of economics where we study behavior in strategic settings. In this, and in many other areas, economists have confirmed that understanding incentives goes long way toward explaining behavior.
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Cape Town News Links of 21 May 2008
http://fromtheold.com/ cape-town-news-links-of-21-may-2008Copyright Fromtheold. Cape Town News Links of 21 May 2008 ITV.com Violence weighs on SA’s tourism Independent Online, South Africa - 6 hours ago In Cape Town, the conference of the Leading Women of Africa Forum at the Table Bay Hotel got under way this week with only 160 of the 250 invited delegates
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How to Create a Casual Game for Health: Part 3
http://www.playnormous.com/ blog/ ?p=37How to Create a Casual Game for Health: Part 3 May 21st, 2008 . by melanie Jon, McKee, and me. When I first started working at Archimage and Playnormous I had to prepare a presentation on game mechanics and how they relate to behavioral theory. One of the first major conversations I had with the “guys in the back” (i.e.
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Thoughts On Solving Chess
http://maxbaldini.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 21/ chess/21 May 2008 Thoughts On Solving Chess One of the great 20th century achievements of mankind are the AK-47, the portable hairdryer, and powered human flight. Another important one is the advent of digital computers and programs that can beat the strongest human players in chess.
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Compression: It’s Not Just for Fancy Clothing Anymore
http://baselinepicker.com/ 2008/ 05/ 20/ compression-its-not-just-for-fancy-clot…Compression: It’s Not Just for Fancy Clothing Anymore May 20th, 2008 — money management Successful sports betting is an art and a science that includes many different independent topics ranging from bankroll management to probability to areas of game theory to financial optimization theory.
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The Dice Brain Teaser: A Technical Interview Question that Can Help You Solve Problems Better
http://mindyourdecisions.com/ blog/ 2008/ 05/ 20/ the-dice-brain-teaser-a-techni…Every Tuesday is a Game Theory article at Mind Your Decisions. Today’s puzzle is special. I like it even more than previous brain teasers I’ve discussed, like the monk problem and the hat puzzle. Like the others, this is a technical question sometimes asked during job interviews (hat tip: Reasonable Deviations).
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Innovative game control sucks
http://vancouvergamedesign.com/ 2008/ 05/ 20/ innovation-and-the-control-of-vide…I finally got around to trying the latest version of Mario Kart. This was good because I’m a huge Mario Kart fan. On the other hand I don’t really like the Wii. And this game finally made it clear why that is. In the first tournament I played four races with the new standard Wii controls.
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Fall Network Lineups
http://subthemag.com/ tss/ 2008/ 05/ 19/ fall-network-lineups/ 197Here’s a rundown of the recently announced lineups for the broadcast networks. Fox Returning Shows–Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Prison Break, House, Bones, ‘Til Death, The Moment of Truth, Kitchen Nightmares, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, Don’t Forget the Lyrics!, Cops, America’s
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Game Theory
http://preventionforyouth.net/ ?p=34Game Theory May 19th, 2008 Game theory is a branch of applied mathematics that is used in the social sciences (most notably economics), biology, political science, computer science, and philosophy. Game theory attempts to mathematically capture behavior in strategic situations, in which an individual’s success in making choices depends on the choices of others.