In this chapter we will start by defining the concept of a game, before defining that of Nash equilibrium and evolutionary game theory.To describe a game in general one has to specify: the players, that is who is involved; the rules, that is who moves when, what they know when they move, what they can do; the outcomes, that is for each possible set of actions, what will happen and what the payoffs are.
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Basov, S., Bhatti, I. (2016). Game Theory. In: Islamic Finance in the Light of Modern Economic Theory. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-28662-8_6
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