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Any recommendations for the best online course on game theory?

by markbao 12y ago

antr 12y ago
3-4 years ago I watched the Ben Polak/Yale Game Theory course on Youtube, very well explained, and it was a great refresher for me https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6EF60E1027E1A10B https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6EF60E1027E1A10B
jckt 12y ago
Not exactly an "online course", but these notes (used for an undergrad course on games) I found quite readable: http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/games/ http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/games/
- queeerkopf 12y ago
  I can recommend the book 'A Course in Game Theory' by Ariel Rubinstein and Martin J. Osborne . You'll probably need some mathematical and economic background knowledge to gain the most out of it. Note that it is more abstract than illustrative though it is aimed at a beginner in Game Theory. The book ist free to download after a simple registration at http://arielrubinstein.tau.ac.il/books.html http://arielrubinstein.tau.ac.il/books.html
  - Gimpei 12y ago
    That's a good book, but a bit advanced. A little bit easier is Osborne's Introduction to Game Theory. On the heavier side, Game Theory by Tirole and Fudenberg is used in a lot of graduate economics programs.
jcr 12y ago
Unfortunately, "Game Theory" is a huge field. If you want to limit things down to just "Algorithmic Game Theory" there are tons of courses and resources out there... http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~mkearns/teaching/cgt/ http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~mkearns/teaching/cgt/ http://www.math.mcgill.ca/~vetta/CS764.dir/ http://www.math.mcgill.ca/~vetta/CS764.dir/ http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs684/2004sp/ http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs684/2004sp/ http://theory.stanford.edu/~tim/f04/364a.html http://theory.stanford.edu/~tim/f04/364a.html http://www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/~naor/COURSE/agt-fkn.html http://www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/~naor/COURSE/agt-fkn.html http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~christos/games/cs294.html http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~christos/games/cs294.html http://zoo.cs.yale.edu/classes/cs455/ http://zoo.cs.yale.edu/classes/cs455/ http://www.daimi.au.dk/~bromille/AGT/index.html http://www.daimi.au.dk/~bromille/AGT/index.html http://www.cs.duke.edu/courses/fall06/cps296.2/ http://www.cs.duke.edu/courses/fall06/cps296.2/ http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/teaching/courses/agta/ http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/teaching/courses/agta/
blumkvist 12y ago
I don't know about best, but there are a couple of MOOCs on coursera titled "Competitive strategy" and "Advanced competitive strategy" by Tobias Kretschmer of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. They deal with with game theory from a business point of view and are pretty good starting point.
te 12y ago
Not strictly online, but this course is very good. Unfortunately, a little pricey. http://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/games-people-play-game-theory-in-life-business-and-beyond.html http://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/games-people-play-gam...

Any recommendations for the best online course on game theory?

by markbao 12y ago

Any recommendations for the best online course on game theory?

antr 12y ago

3-4 years ago I watched the Ben Polak/Yale Game Theory course on Youtube, very well explained, and it was a great refresher for me https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6EF60E1027E1A10B https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6EF60E1027E1A10B

jckt 12y ago

Not exactly an "online course", but these notes (used for an undergrad course on games) I found quite readable: http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/games/ http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/games/

queeerkopf 12y ago
I can recommend the book 'A Course in Game Theory' by Ariel Rubinstein and Martin J. Osborne . You'll probably need some mathematical and economic background knowledge to gain the most out of it. Note that it is more abstract than illustrative though it is aimed at a beginner in Game Theory. The book ist free to download after a simple registration at http://arielrubinstein.tau.ac.il/books.html http://arielrubinstein.tau.ac.il/books.html
- Gimpei 12y ago
  That's a good book, but a bit advanced. A little bit easier is Osborne's Introduction to Game Theory. On the heavier side, Game Theory by Tirole and Fudenberg is used in a lot of graduate economics programs.

jcr 12y ago

Unfortunately, "Game Theory" is a huge field. If you want to limit things down to just "Algorithmic Game Theory" there are tons of courses and resources out there... http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~mkearns/teaching/cgt/ http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~mkearns/teaching/cgt/ http://www.math.mcgill.ca/~vetta/CS764.dir/ http://www.math.mcgill.ca/~vetta/CS764.dir/ http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs684/2004sp/ http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs684/2004sp/ http://theory.stanford.edu/~tim/f04/364a.html http://theory.stanford.edu/~tim/f04/364a.html http://www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/~naor/COURSE/agt-fkn.html http://www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/~naor/COURSE/agt-fkn.html http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~christos/games/cs294.html http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~christos/games/cs294.html http://zoo.cs.yale.edu/classes/cs455/ http://zoo.cs.yale.edu/classes/cs455/ http://www.daimi.au.dk/~bromille/AGT/index.html http://www.daimi.au.dk/~bromille/AGT/index.html http://www.cs.duke.edu/courses/fall06/cps296.2/ http://www.cs.duke.edu/courses/fall06/cps296.2/ http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/teaching/courses/agta/ http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/teaching/courses/agta/

blumkvist 12y ago

I don't know about best, but there are a couple of MOOCs on coursera titled "Competitive strategy" and "Advanced competitive strategy" by Tobias Kretschmer of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. They deal with with game theory from a business point of view and are pretty good starting point.

te 12y ago

Not strictly online, but this course is very good. Unfortunately, a little pricey. http://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/games-people-play-game-theory-in-life-business-and-beyond.html http://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/games-people-play-gam...