A zero-sum game is a situation in game theory where the only way to win is at someone else’s expense. Here’s how zero-sum and ...

Prof. Avinash Dixit, John Nash's colleague and friend explains game theory and its impact on situations we encounter every ...

Making with Others' in the Waseda University Business Economics Track -When a company decides the price of a product, it ...

When I studied business administration at the Kobe University Graduate School, I also learned about game theory. When you hear the term "game theory," you might think of "games" like shogi or card ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine you had a friend who gave different answers to the same question, depending on how you asked it. “What’s the capital of Peru?” ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. I recently had a revealing conversation with a friend — a game ...

Perhaps the most famous game-theory contest is the prisoner’s dilemma. In the prisoner’s dilemma, a pair of thieves have been captured and are being separately interrogated by the police. If both clam ...

Ever wonder how nodes are incentivized in a blockchain to ensure trust, consensus and cooperation in a system with no central authority? The answer lies in game theory, the mathematical study of ...