game theory
game theory The theory that relationships within a community (of organisms or of traits possessed by those organisms) can be regarded as a contest (i.e. a game) in which each participant seeks to secure some advantage. Numerical values can be attached to the gains and losses involved, allowing the contest to be simulated mathematically, usually by computer modelling. The application of game theory has produced many insights into ecological relationships and the significance of particular aspects of animal behaviour.
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THEORIES OF COMMITMENT, ALTRUISM AND RECIPROCITY: EVIDENCE FROM LINEAR PUBLIC GOODS GAMES
Magazine article from: Economic Inquiry; 4/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...provide strong support for reciprocity theories over either theories of commitment or of altruism. (JEL...inconsistent with traditional utility theory in which individuals care only for their...consumption. A number of alternative theories have been invoked to explain such philanthropic...
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Theory and Crisis
Magazine article from: Freeman; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...mere pose. The move is as theory-bound as free-market opposition...debate, then, is a contest of theories. Freemarket theory can explain the cause of the...context (and not, say, a game, ritual, or reflexive motion...a good time to throw aside theory and just act, for such a thing...
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Prospect theory and perceptions of quality: non-linear effects of quality comparisons on price in the used car market.(MANUSCRIPTS)
Magazine article from: Academy of Marketing Studies Journal; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...In marketing, prospect theory has been widely used to explore...our paper, we apply prospect theory to quality, specifically to...being set as part of a strategic game by the manufacturers. Used...first, we outline prospect theory (Kahneman & Tversky...
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Stream Theory Granted Patent for Software and Media Streaming Technology; Technology Enables Software-on-Demand, Reduced Cost-of-Ownership and Piracy Prevention for Corporate IT, Gaming, Music, Video and Consumer Applications.
PR Newswire; 4/2/2003; 700+ words
; ...streaming audio and video. Stream Theory's newly patented technology...Instead of buying computer games or other software at a retail...network server, and use Stream Theory's streaming capability to...specific network clients. Stream Theory's streaming technology virtually...
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Stream Theory and Infogrames Deliver Streaming, Playable Game Demos On Publisher's Web Site.
Business Wire; 10/20/2000; 700+ words
; ...Oct. 20, 2000 Stream Theory Technology Enables Broadband...technology to stream Infogrames' PC game demos to broadband visitors...point, click and run video game software over the Internet almost...jumpstarting' period, play the game. www.us.infogrames.com...Slave Zero. Several of the games ...
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The role of theory in social work research: a further contribution to the debate.
Magazine article from: Journal of Social Work Education; 9/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...is unable to apply any one theory in an explicit and systematic...collude with this cynical use of theory. This is pernicious because...encourages social workers to see theories as irrelevant to their practice and as merely some kind of game played by academics. This...can practice without using ...
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Social Atom Theory revisited.
Magazine article from: International Journal of Action Methods: Psychodrama, Skill Training, and Role Playing; 6/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Atom Theory, Moreno's Social Atom Theory, usefulness of the Social Atom Theory ********** THIS ARTICLE IS THE...using what we produced by playing the game with Moreno's Social Atom Theory (SAT), I can demonstrate the usefulness...
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Complexity theory, adaptation, and administrative law.
Magazine article from: Duke Law Journal; 2/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...algorithm and evolutionary game theory, the Article tests...Collective Action II. Complexity Theory and Normative Claims to Increase...Lessons from Evolutionary Game Theory for Collaborative Administrative...recently discovered complexity theory. (1) Most theories of ...
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Stream Theory and GamePro.com Partner to Provide Streaming Software Demos to Broadband Gamers.
Business Wire; 8/7/2000; 700+ words
; ...Beta Trial With Stream Theory to Enable Selected Users to Play PC Game Demos Quickly and Without...technology to stream PC game demos to GamePro.com...Executive Officer of IDG Games Media Group and publisher...please visit Stream Theory at www.streamtheory.com. About IDG Games Media ...
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Stream Theory and Made E-Z Products Team Up for Online Rental of Legal, Business and Finance Software.
Business Wire; 3/28/2001; 700+ words
; ...profile web sites. Stream Theory partners include Interplay.com, Infogrames, IDG Games Media Group, Babbage's...Founded in 1996, Stream Theory is a privately held company...information, please visit Stream Theory at www.streamtheory.com...
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Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity
Book article from: American Decades
...propagated, does not exist. Fun and Games The theory gave rise to all kinds of widely...enraged physicists opposed to the theory. The most famous was the "twin...hardly aged at all. Einstein's theory explained that at very high speeds...
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Game Theory
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
GAME THEORY. Game theory, the formal analysis of conflict...In contrast to economic theories of competitive equilibrium, the focus of game theory is on strategic interaction...1994; Dimand and Dimand). Game theory emerged as a distinct...publication in 1944 of ...
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theory of games
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
theory of games group of mathematical theories first developed...Morgenstern. A game consists of a...the players in a game such that no player...noncooperative games are common in...revolutionized game theory. Nash also recognized...
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Coalition Theory
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Coalition Theory Political scientists...necessary. Coalition theories purport to shed light...Much of coalition theory embraces the basic...the parties to the game. From these baseline...person “ games ” coalitions...traditional coalition theory abound. Detractors contend ...
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Expected Utility Theory
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Expected Utility Theory Expected utility theory is a model that represents preference...Saint Petersburg paradox. Consider a game of flipping a fair coin until one...amount for playing this game. The theory resolves this problem by taking risk...
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