Tag: game theory

  • Network Analysis Application to Game Theory (with Software)

    When will network analysis provide additional insight into game theory? In a word: inequality. There must be some form of quantifiable inequality in the game: access, strength of relationships, goals, etc.  This difference creates opportunities for the individual players to use information (or resource) asymmetries and broker to their benefit. On the left all of…

  • Game Theory + Network Analysis = ?; An Example

    During one Saturday in the beginning of November, I took part in a multi-party negotiation, which had some surprising results. Out of curiosity, I mapped who wanted what from whom, and ran a basic network analysis.  The second surprise of the day was the analysis was really close to the observed results. I hope this…