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Popularized by movies such as "A Beautiful Mind," game theory is the mathematical modeling of strategic interaction among rational (and irrational) agents. Beyond what we call `games' in common language, such as chess, poker, soccer, etc., it includes the modeling of conflict among nations, political campaigns, competition among firms, and trading behavior in markets such as the NYSE. How could you begin to model keyword auctions, and peer to peer file-sharing networks, without accounting for the incentives of the people using them? The course will provide the basics: representing games and strategies, the extensive form (which computer scientists call game trees), Bayesian games (modeling things like auctions), repeated and stochastic games, and more. We'll include a variety of examples including classic games and a few applications. You can find a full syllabus and description of the course here: http://web.stanford.edu/~jacksonm/GTOC-Syllabus.html There is also an advanced follow-up course to this one, for people already familiar with game theory: https://www.coursera.org/learn/gametheory2/ You can find an introductory video here: http://web.stanford.edu/~jacksonm/Intro_Networks.mp4

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Rating 4.4 based on 544 ratings
Length 9 weeks
Starts Jul 10 (41 weeks ago)
Cost $79
From Stanford University, The University of British Columbia via Coursera
Instructors Matthew O. Jackson, Kevin Leyton-Brown, Yoav Shoham
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Language English
Subjects Social Sciences Mathematics Business
Tags Social Sciences Math And Logic Economics

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great course

Great course to learn the fundamentals of game theory.

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Great course, with thorough explanations I really liked this course.

Great course and the student receives relevant data on the subject.

Great course, I can't wait to start the second part!

Great course This course is really heplfull for people who cannot understand how important role the game theory has , even in our daily routine.Congratulations to all the instructors!

Спасибо Nice and useful Great course, and I'm so very thankful for the instructors, Stanford and The university of British Columbia,.

It is a great course with very valuable theory and practice.

tricky concepts and long equations yet fun Beautiful Mind Great course!

:) NICE COURSE.CAN BE RECOMMENDED FOR BEGINEERS great course to start with game theory Very useful to understand the concepts and practice related problems associated with game theory.

Great course for introduction.

Interesting course content i didn't really enjoy this course A great course.

Overall: A great course that explains the basics of game theory really well.

Great Course!

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introduction to game theory

a very clear, comprehensive introduction to game theory.

easily understood course, it would have been nice if some road map on where to proceed next is communicated More coding please A very interesting introduction to Game Theory.

Interesting one, but I think this course is better called "introduction to introduction to game theory".As game theory is really a tough discipline, I guess the designer of this course might have taken this point a bit too far, fearing that learners online might have trouble digesting the true game theory course.In terms of definitions and examples, most analysis are limited to very basic two-player games with simple calculation.You don't get to understand things without applying it to generality and larger data scale.Also, I doubt some simple programming could be introduced to enrich the assignment.I suppose it's better suited for those finance and economics majors, not CS majors.

Could have included more exercises and problems A great introduction to Game Theory covering basic concepts.

Insightful & Quantitative 烧脑, Good Introduction to Game theory.

Excellent introduction to Game Theory!

Very coherent introduction to game theory.

I would describe this course as an excellent introduction to Game Theory for people who are already experts in Game Theory.

Very good course, it's worth the time An intriguing introduction to game theory, with a good number of resources and useful videos.

Good Course TOP Great introduction to Game Theory !!!!

A perfect introduction to game theory, especially the exercises make you think about the subject.

Good introduction to Game Theory.

Very good introduction to Game Theory.

It was such a helpful course that gave me the opportunity to learn few basic methods and terms about game theory through lots of interesting and to the point examples by three unique professors It's an excellent introduction to game theory with a good balance of theory and practice.

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easy to understand

All three of the professors present the material, but not in a way that is easy to understand.

The videos are not always easy to understand.

Great course, easy to understand but with great insight.

a lot of examples and exercises to make the course practical and easy to understand.

Easy to understand.

It covers the basics of game theory quite well Very good , structured, easy to understand even with minimal math background.

I think it would be more easy to understand the concepts with more examples Very formal and difficult to follow.

But the lecture is good enough for us to know what we should search for:) Makes a hard topic really easy to understand and comprehend.

The lectures are well structured, detailed, and easy to understand.

For the most part, they were clear and easy to understand.

Excellent mentors Easy to understand, illustrative examples, quizzes and exams are a little bit somewhat trivial.

Great course, good examples and easy to understand examples.

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real life

I am sure modeling real life situation is much more complex, and this course sets the stage for more advanced topics.

Like I've not really learned enough to apply all this in real life...

Great and quite practical, really get me the insight of this lesson The Questions in the weekend quizzes are not that challenging and the lectures are also not concentrated on complicated (Real life scenarios).

It explains many kinds of problem we usually encounter in real life.

And I am not talking about "real life application", but the ones given later on the test.

great view of game theory, presentations are well managed and tests are very helpful It was extremely insightful, and has gotten me interested in game theory and it's implications in real life and business scenarios.

Important concepts of real life explained.

excellent way to make a student understand the game theory in the real life.

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problem sets

After the first few weeks the lectures simply do not prepare you to answer the problem sets (which often contain grammatically confused questions which may or may not change the answer).All in all the material is very interesting and two of the instructors do a very good job explaining mathematical notation.

The problem sets are well chosen and do a great job of reinforcing the concepts taught.

I found I was able to complete most of the problem sets within 4-5 hours, with an average of about 3 hours.

The formal definitions of games and concepts are more demanding, but a complete understanding of the formal definition is not required to solve the problem sets or the exam.

The problem sets did have a few bugs and typos, but they were still readable/doable.

the only reason was that the lectures and notes never addressed the questions in the problem sets.

They do cover the theory but not enough practical examples to help the students take the problem sets.

Problem sets are very creative.

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real world

I think more focus should be put on including more number of real world examples and solving them within the videos.Also, the concept of three Professors for one course was hard to digest, which led to the whole course feeling discontinuous and disconnected at several instances.

I would have loved a peer reviewed assignment were the game theory concepts could be applied to a practical real world problem.

While I enjoyed the assignments more real world examples and applications would have been nice.

I see myself applying what I've learned in this course to real world situations, and that pretty much proves how much I liked it.

Please add more practical session so we can identify the real world scenario in the future.

More real world examples would have made it lot more interesting.

The course covers a range of angles from which game theory can be applied to real world situations.

This course is a great way to learn decision theory, and the application of game theory analysis in the real world.

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my opinion

In my opinion in requires some mathematical background (e.g.

Some coursework are difficult, because they are quite different compare to those in the lectures 很有挑战性的一门课程,学完很有成就感 In my opinion, some lectures do not fully explain the theory or do not show enough practical application of the theory.

== Pros: == \- Lectures are very well done \- Community forum is active with good support from TA's == Cons: == \- The grading policy has changed and (in my opinion) ruins the an otherwise stellar course == More info on the grading policy: == Currently, you only get one chance to complete the test.

This course on game theory has two fundamental flaws in my opinion: The first problem are the video lectures.

In my opinion, this had one of the best compilations of materials available.

This was unfortunately lacking across all the weeks in my opinion, several different topics were covered each week with each having only one or two practice examples.

Contents are rich and formalized.Things that can be improved in my opinion:1.

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little bit

I've been meaning to learn a little bit of game theory for years, and this was the perfect opportunity to do so.

However, if the story line could be a little bit more clear, I think that will be more helpful for the process of learning.

Finally, I think the last week before the final assignment (week 7) about coalition games felt a little bit rushed and I had a hard time doing the assignment based on the video lectures alone.

Good course, would advise everyone who is looking to start their way to learning game theory great course to practice math and some other skills, i would highly recommend it for other students a little bit confusing Through this course, I have gained conceptual clarity regarding game theory.

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deep into

Even if you do not want to go deep into detail, this course gives you an overview of the main Game Theory topics and also guides you in researching more profound explanations.

Very nice course that goes deep into game theory but from a beginner point There were few concepts which I felt were not adequately explained - especially Bayesian Games.

Also, one of the instructors totally goes off topic and too deep into mathematics without giving much clarity.

I'm a student of Economics in Federal University of Pernambuco (Brazil) and this course got deep into the subject.I really appreciate.

This course is great, but I have some suggestions: I think the content is a little bit easy and it doesn't go deep into game theory but only provides some basic concepts and also the questions are all simple calculations.

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video lectures

Video Lectures: quite good, very well explained and very engaging.

Each week there was about 1-2 hours of video lectures to watch.

This can be achieved through the video lectures or more practice exercises and quizzes.

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decision making

The way of thinking in game theory is just fascinating, a good tool for better decision making.

Changes my view about decision making in a scientific manner.

I am getting better at decision making and problem solving skills in general.

All in all this course will make you a more rational and logical thinker, enabling you to understand the intricacies of everyday decision making.

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mathematical notation

I would say it would be very helpful to have an understanding of set theory and mathematical notation... there is very little heavy math required.

There is more than I expected of mathematical notation, which is kind of annoying to me, but I guess it is necessary.

Some may find the use of formal mathematical notation offputting, so you'll want to be comfortable with inequalities, linear equations and the basic notation of set theory.

to read mathematical notation) but more important is logical thinking.

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Rating 4.4 based on 544 ratings
Length 9 weeks
Starts Jul 10 (41 weeks ago)
Cost $79
From Stanford University, The University of British Columbia via Coursera
Instructors Matthew O. Jackson, Kevin Leyton-Brown, Yoav Shoham
Download Videos On all desktop and mobile devices
Language English
Subjects Social Sciences Mathematics Business
Tags Social Sciences Math And Logic Economics

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