Mathematics : Game Theory

This collection of original essays surveys the evolution of sentencing policies and practices in Western countries over the past twenty-five years. Contributors address plea-bargaining, community service, electronic monitoring, standards of use of incarceration, and legal perspectives on sentencing policy developments, among other topics. Sentencing and Sanctions in Western Countries provides a range of scholars and students excellent cross-national knowledge of sentencing laws and practices, when and why they have changed over time, and with what effects.  more...

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This is the first book to collect research on game-theoretic tools in the analysis of language with particular reference to semantics and pragmatics. Games are significant, because they pertain equally to pragmatics and semantics of natural language. The book provides an overview of the variety of ways in which game theory is used in the analysis of linguistic meaning and shows how games arise in pragmatic as well as semantic investigations. The book is a balanced combination of philosophical, linguistic, logical and mathematical argumentation. The book has an introductory and a concluding chapter, written by the editor, to give a gentle introduction to the topics covered in the book and to provide wider conclusions and prospects arising from the individual essays. The major topics covering the field of game theory and linguistic meaning included in the book are:. • language games, Wittgenstein. • evolutionary language games. • communication games, Grice. • games of partial information. • equilibrium semantics. • game-theoretic semantics. • logical modelling, generalised quantifiers. • the semantics/pragmatics distinction more...

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Game theory is a field of applied mathematics that describes and analyzes interactive decision situations. It consists of a set of analytical tools that predict the outcome of complex interactions among rational entities, where rationality demands a strict adherence to a strategy based on perceived or measured results. This lecture introduces wireless engineers to game theory. In recent years there has been a great deal of interest in applying game theory to problems in wireless communications and networking. Authors Allen Mackenzie and Luiz DaSilva provide students, researchers, and practitioners the tools they need to understand and participate in this work, provide guidance on the proper and improper uses of game theory, and examine future directions and applications of game theory. No familiarity with game theory is necessary; the authors introduce major game theoretic models and results and apply them to networking problems including medium access, routing, energy-efficient protocols, and others. more...

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This book explains why the global community has been successful in correcting some recent large-scale problems, but has failed in addressing others. The analysis reaches from antibiotic-resistant microbes to greenhouse gases, from civil wars to international terrorism, and from the polluted atmospheres of cities to the depths of outer space. more...

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Broad and diverse ranges of activities are conducted within and by organized groups of individuals, including political, economic and social activities. The purpose of this volume is to introduce the reader to game-theoretic treatments of group formation. more...

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