Sergiu Hart and Andreu Mas-Colell
2014, ISBN: 9814390690, 336 pages, World Scientific.
Series: World Scientific Series in Economic Theory
Series Editor: Eric Maskin (Harvard University, USA)
注:牛人牛书,但是本书多数章节都发表在Econometrica这样的杂志上,因此不建议没有足够博弈论基础的同学下载。
This volume collects almost two decades of joint work of Sergiu Hart and Andreu Mas-Colell on game dynamics and equilibria. The starting point was the introduction of the adaptive strategy called regret-matching, which on the one hand is simple and natural, and on the other is shown to lead to correlated equilibria.
This initial finding — boundedly rational behavior that yields fully rational outcomes in the long run — generated a large body of work on the dynamics of simple adaptive strategies. In particular, a natural condition on dynamics was identified: uncoupledness, whereby decision-makers do not know each other's payoffs and utilities (so, while chosen actions may be observable, the motivations are not). This condition turns out to severely limit the equilibria that can be reached. Interestingly, there are connections to the behavioral and neurobiological sciences and also to computer science and engineering (e.g., via notions of "regret").
Simple Adaptive Strategies is self-contained and unified in its presentation. Together with the formal treatment of concepts, theorems, and proofs, significant space is devoted to informal explanations and illuminating examples. It may be used for advanced graduate courses — in game theory, economics, mathematics, computer science, engineering — and for further research.
Readership: Graduate students and researchers in game theory, economic theory, econometrics, computer science and engineering.