Normal form games

Notes

• https://nashpy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/text-book/normal-form-games.html#

Videos

1. The coordination game: a motivating example for normal form games - YouTube - Private

2. Definition of a Normal Form Game - YouTube - Private

3. When one player loses the other wins: what is a zero sum game - YouTube - Private

4. The Prisoners Dilemma and Matching Pennies: examples of other normal form games - YouTube - Private

5. Using python to define Normal Form games with Nashpy - YouTube - Private

6. Installing Nashpy - YouTube - Private

Typical Programming Exercises

1. Create a variable game which has value the following Normal Form Game: \(A = \begin{pmatrix}1 & - 1\\ -1 & 1\end{pmatrix} \qquad B = \begin{pmatrix}-1 & 1\\ 1 & -1\end{pmatrix}\)
2. Output the following Normal Form Game: \(A = \begin{pmatrix}3 & 2\\ 3 & 1\end{pmatrix} \qquad B = \begin{pmatrix}4 & 9\\ 5 & 3\end{pmatrix}\)
3. Create a variable game which has value the zero sum Normal Form Game defined by: \(A = \begin{pmatrix}1 & - 1\\ -1 & 1\end{pmatrix}\)
4. Output the zero sum Normal Form Game defined by: \(A = \begin{pmatrix}-3 & - 1 & 4\\ 2 & -1 & 1\\ 0 & 3 & -2\end{pmatrix}\)

Solutions

Log of past relevant classes

01/30/24: Structure of the class and the two thirds of the average game

Thanks all today for a fun class!

02/14/23: Valentines day

In today’s class we spoke about a deadline for the individual coursework but spent most of our time taking the initial steps that a research project would take to model gift giving for Valentines day.

01/31/23: Structure of the class and the two thirds of the average game

Thanks all today for a fun class!