Final Exam: The final exam will be in-class on Monday, May 22. Here are practice problems for the final.
Projects: The final project for this course involves giving a talk on a topic related to Game Theory. You can work in groups of 2 or 3 people, or you can work by yourself. The following page contains information on the project and some possible project topics:
Excel from class: On Monday, April 3, we did an example in class where we used Excel to compute the maximin and the minimax for a zero-sum game. Here are the Excel files:
Midterm: The midterm exam was in-class on Wednesday, March 15. Here are practice problems for the midterm:
LaTeX: You are required to write homework solutions in LaTeX. Here are some links to get you started:
Your grade will be based on homework assignments (40%), two exams (40%), and a project (20%).
Week | Dates | Topics | Readings | Homework |
Week 1 | Jan. 30, Feb. 1 | Introduction, Nim and Hex | Chapter 1 | |
Week 2 | Feb. 6, 8 | Extensive-form Games | Chapter 3 | |
Week 3 | Feb. 13, 15 | Utility theory | Sections 2.1–2.3 | |
Week 4 | Feb. 20, 22 | Utility Theory | Sections 2.4–2.9 | |
Week 5 | Feb. 27, March 1 | Utility Functions, Strategic-form Games | 4.1–4.5 |
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Week 6 | March 6, 8 | Mixed Strategy Nash Equilibria | 4.7–4.11, 5.2.9 | |
Week 7 | March 13, 15 | Midterm Exam | ||
Spring Break | ||||
Week 8 | March 27, 29 | Zero-sum Games | 4.12, 5.1-5.2 | |
Week 9 | April 3, 5 | Maximin and Minimax | 5.5-5.6 | |
Week 10 | April 10, 12 | Maximin and Minimax, Finding Nash Equilibria | 5.6, 5.2.6 | |
Week 11 | April 17, 19 | Nash's Theorem, Evolutionary Game Theory | 5.3, 5.8 | |
Week 12 | April 24, 26 | Repeated Games | Chapter 13 | |
Week 13 | May 3 | Coalition Games | Chapters 16, 18 | |
Week 14 | May 8, 10 | Coalition Games, Presentations | Chapter 20 | |
Week 15 | May 15, 17 | Presentations | ||
Week 16 | May 22 | Final Exam |