Game Theory Books

New and Published Books

1. Game Design Theory

   A New Philosophy for Understanding Games

   By Keith Burgun

   Despite the proliferation of video games in the twenty-first century, the theory of game design is largely underdeveloped, leaving designers on their own to understand what games really are. Helping you produce better games, Game Design Theory: A New Philosophy for Understanding Games presents...

   Published August 12th 2012 by A K Peters/CRC Press
2. Distributed Strategic Learning for Wireless Engineers

   By Hamidou Tembine

   Although valued for its ability to allow teams to collaborate and foster coalitional behaviors among the participants, game theory’s application to networking systems is not without challenges. Distributed Strategic Learning for Wireless Engineers illuminates the promise of learning in dynamic...

   Published May 17th 2012 by CRC Press
3. Games, Puzzles, and Computation

   By Robert A. Hearn, Erik D. Demaine

   The authors show that there are underlying mathematical reasons for why games and puzzles are challenging (and perhaps why they are so much fun). They also show that games and puzzles can serve as powerful models of computation—quite different from the usual models of automata and circuits—offering...

   Published June 29th 2009 by A K Peters/CRC Press
4. The Presidential Election Game, Second Edition

   By Steven J. Brams

   The Presidential Election Game may change the way you think about presidential elections and, for that matter, American politics in general. It is not filled with statistics about the voting behavior of citizens, nor does it give detailed histories of past campaigns. Rather, it is an analytic...

   Published November 29th 2007 by A K Peters/CRC Press
5. Lessons in Play

   An Introduction to Combinatorial Game Theory

   By Michael Albert, Richard Nowakowski, David Wolfe

   Combinatorial games are games of pure strategy involving two players, with perfect information and no element of chance. Starting from the very basics of gameplay and strategy, the authors cover a wide range of topics, from game algebra to special classes of games. Classic techniques are introduced...

   Published July 1st 2007 by A K Peters/CRC Press
6. Connection Games

   Variations on a Theme

   By Cameron Browne

   A comprehensive study of the connection game genre, Connection Games provides a survey of known connection games while exploring common themes and strategies. This book aims to impose some structure on this increasingly large family of games, and to define exactly what constitutes a connection game...

   Published January 2nd 2005 by A K Peters/CRC Press
7. Luck, Logic, and White Lies

   The Mathematics of Games

   By Jörg Bewersdorff

   The mathematical underpinnings of games, whether they are strategic or games of chance, have been known for centuries, but are usually only understood by players and aficionados who have a background in mathematics. The author has succeeded in making that knowledge accessible, entertaining, and...

   Published December 9th 2004 by A K Peters/CRC Press
8. Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays, Volume 4

   2nd Edition

   By Elwyn R. Berlekamp, John H. Conway, Richard K. Guy

   In the quarter of a century since three mathematicians and game theorists collaborated to create Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays, the book has become the definitive work on the subject of mathematical games. Now carefully revised and broken down into four volumes to accommodate new...

   Published March 29th 2004 by A K Peters/CRC Press
9. Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays, Volume 3

   2nd Edition

   By Elwyn R. Berlekamp, John H. Conway, Richard K. Guy

   In the quarter of a century since three mathematicians and game theorists collaborated to create Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays, the book has become the definitive work on the subject of mathematical games. Now carefully revised and broken down into four volumes to accommodate new...

   Published September 9th 2003 by A K Peters/CRC Press
10. Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays, Volume 2

    2nd Edition

    By Elwyn R. Berlekamp, John H. Conway, Richard K. Guy

    In the quarter of a century since three mathematicians and game theorists collaborated to create Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays, the book has become the definitive work on the subject of mathematical games. Now carefully revised and broken down into four volumes to accommodate new...

    Published January 2nd 2003 by A K Peters/CRC Press