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Archive of 21 lectures in introductory game theory, from a course I delivered in semester 1 down under here in NZ Feb to June 2007 .

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  • Each clip is about 50 minutes. Downloadable versions (see mov or mp4 link just under the on screen viewer) usually have a menu; these are mostly screen capture and coordinated audio, with some overlays of class interaction (voyeuristic, but sometimes a little slow compared to lecture style...)
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John Fountain

johnhappySimultaneous games, cont'd. After much confusion over the payoffs in the class example at the end of lecture 9, I introduce a slightly easier version of the minimum effort coordination game, and we spend most of the class walking through the analysis of this game and the problem of coordination ( eg in joint or team work) that it is designed to shed some (strategic) light on. Then a quickie, further extension of the Prisoner's dilemma to 3 players.(more exam oriented than practical extensions to many players - will fix up in 2008)

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johnhappySimultaneous games, cont'd. We analyze the idea of dominance reasoning and extend it from 2x2 to a more complicated voluntary contributions mechanism game (give all none or various levels in between) and to games where not every player has a dominant strategy, introducing a new idea: iterated elimination of successively dominated strategies.

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johnhappyWe change tack now and begin looking at simultaneous games. The lecture starts with a classroom game, the "voluntary contributions mechanism" [think supporting community projects via matching grants], then introduces a 2x2 payoff table to analyze this game and introduce dominance reasoning; finish with the classic prisoner's dilemma

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johnMore hands on games (and discussion of strategic reasoning) in class: the stop go game, the colour matching game , strategic games with yourself - well your future self. Again, a discursive, concept-by-example type lecture

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11
2007
classroom gamegame theorych0introduction Posted by John, 11-10-07 3:33am
johnhappyFirst lecture of the 2007 term (starts in late Feb down under). I introduce you to some basic ideas of game theory (strategic interaction between intelligent players) , provide a few illustrative examples of the breadth/scope of the theory , and we play some simple strategic games (for chocolate bar payoffs). This clip has a fair bit of (large) classroom interaction, so be patient. Useful books for game theory

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