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Games in Game Theory

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Part of the book series: Monographs in Mathematical Economics ((MOME,volume 1))

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This chapter explains what a “game” means in game theory and gives classifications of games. Rationality in game theory is also discussed.

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    This usage of the word strategy is consistent with military terminology. See, for example, Book 2, Chap. 1 of Clausewitz [2].

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Fujiwara-Greve, T. (2015). Games in Game Theory. In: Non-Cooperative Game Theory. Monographs in Mathematical Economics, vol 1. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55645-9_1

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