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Ask HN: Have you ever used Game Theory in a real-life problem/project?
Game theory is interesting, but I'm wondering whether it can really be used in real-life projects?
- png_hero 9y agoComes up all the time in business decision making. Adverse Selection Principal/Agent Pareto BATNA
- JPLeRouzic 9y agoSome smart people are using game theory to mitigate cancer acquired resistance to drugs: https://github.com/cunninghamjj/Applying-evolutionary-principles-to-optimize-control-of-mcrpc https://github.com/cunninghamjj/Applying-evolutionary-princi...
- danieltillett 9y agoThe reason why you are having a problem finding practical uses of game theory is for some strange reason economists have decided to call the whole field Mechanism Design [0]. Once you know the right term to use you will find lots of examples. 0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanism_design https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanism_design