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Definition of Theory of games
1. Noun. (economics) a theory of competition stated in terms of gains and losses among opposing players.
Examples of category: Zero-sum Game, Nash Equilibrium
Generic synonyms: Scientific Theory
Category relationships: Economic Science, Economics, Political Economy
Definition of Theory of games
1. Noun. (mathematics economics) An older term for game theory. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Theory Of Games
Literary usage of Theory of games
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ways of Life: A Study in Ethics by Stephen Ward (1920)
"PLEASURE AND THE theory of games FIRST to take up those points which bear on the
present argument—it has been said that desire is not a general name for a ..."
2. Education and Capitalism: How Overcoming Our Fear of Markets and Economics by Herbert J. Walberg (2003)
"... when mathematician John Von Neuman and economist Oskar Morgenstern applied
the mathematical theory of games of strategy to the problem of human action ..."
3. Westminster Papers: A Monthly Journal of Chess, Whist, Games of Skill and by Westminster Chess Club, London (1871)
"To bring in suddenly a new theory, and pronounce it off-hand as perfect, betrays
in itself an especial ignorance in the theory of games; for every skilful ..."
4. Theoretical Kinematics by Oene Bottema, Bernard Roth (1990)
"... Being a Primer on the Theory of Games of Strategy, JD Williams. Highly entertaining
classic describes, with many illustrated examples, how to select ..."
5. The Mathematical theory of probabilities and its application to frequency by Arne Fisher (1922)
"Probability " has long ago ceased to be a mere theory of games of chance and is
everywhere, especially on the continent, regarded as one of the most ..."
6. Statistics, Probability, and Game Theory: Papers in Honor of David Blackwell by David Blackwell, Thomas Shelburne Ferguson, Lloyd S. Shapley, James B. MacQueen (1996)
"Section 5 is devoted to open problems and some conjectures on them in the general
theory of games of timing. 2. HISTORY OF ACHIEVED RESULTS Since 1948, ..."
7. The Science of Mechanics: A Critical and Historical Account of Its Development by Ernst Mach (1919)
"As a geometer and mathematician also Huygens is to be ranked high, and in this
connexion reference need be made only to his theory of games of chance. ..."
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