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Simple Games
Alan D. Taylor
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Description for Simple Games
Hardcover. Simple games are mathematical structures inspired by voting systems in which a single alternative. The mathematical study of the subject as a coherent subfield of finite combinatorics, this book includes introductory material, with an emphasis on Boolean subgames and the Rudin-Keisler order as unifying concepts. Num Pages: 264 pages, 47 line illus. BIC Classification: PBUD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
Simple games are mathematical structures inspired by voting systems in which a single alternative, such as a bill, is pitted against the status quo. The first in-depth mathematical study of the subject as a coherent subfield of finite combinatorics--one with its own organized body of techniques and results--this book blends new theorems with some of the striking results from threshold logic, making all of it accessible to game theorists. Introductory material receives a fresh treatment, with an emphasis on Boolean subgames and the Rudin-Keisler order as unifying concepts. Advanced material focuses on the surprisingly wide variety of properties related to ... Read more
Simple games are mathematical structures inspired by voting systems in which a single alternative, such as a bill, is pitted against the status quo. The first in-depth mathematical study of the subject as a coherent subfield of finite combinatorics--one with its own organized body of techniques and results--this book blends new theorems with some of the striking results from threshold logic, making all of it accessible to game theorists. Introductory material receives a fresh treatment, with an emphasis on Boolean subgames and the Rudin-Keisler order as unifying concepts. Advanced material focuses on the surprisingly wide variety of properties related to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691001203
SKU
V9780691001203
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About Alan D. Taylor
Alan D. Taylor is the Marie Louise Bailey Professor of Mathematics at Union College. William S. Zwicker is Professor of Mathematics at Union College. Both have taught at Union for twenty-four years; their research has been in the areas of combinatorial set theory and applications of mathematics to political science, including social choice theory, fair division, and game theory.
Reviews for Simple Games
"The authors do a nice job of bringing material from game theory, voting theory, graph theory, and threshold logic together with new results of the authors and presenting it coherently in the context of simple games. As such, it is a useful text for anyone looking for an introduction to simple games that gives not only several perspectives from which ... Read more