Abstract

Understanding game theory will give you an amazing grasp of how to apply it to problem-solving!

From gas station pricing strategies, the Prisoner's Dilemma, opening an ice cream shop, purchasing PCs in a collaborative project, choosing a date, ratings competition, new employee placement, convenience store entry, the chain store paradox, the ultimatum game, brand-name pricing strategies, buying and selling used cars, price adjustments by oil-producing countries, and auction bidding—solving these numerous application examples will help you understand the thinking and appeal of game theory and apply it to problem-solving!

Author’s Information

Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology. Born in Tokyo in 1950. Graduated from the Department of Social Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1973. Completed the MS program in Operations Research, Graduate School of Engineering, Cornell University in 1977. Completed the Ph.D. program in Operations Research, Graduate School of Engineering, Cornell University in 1978. Became an assistant professor in the Department of Information Science, Faculty of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1979. Became an associate professor in the Faculty of Economics, Tohoku University in 1982. Became a professor in the Faculty of Economics, Tohoku University in 1990. Became a professor in the Faculty of Economics, Tokyo Metropolitan University in 1996. Became a professor in the Graduate School of Social and Human Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1998. Became a part-time professor in the Faculty of Management, Tokyo University of Science in 2016. Retired from Tokyo University of Science in 2021. Publications: *Theory of Cooperative Games* (co-authored, University of Tokyo Press, 1985), *Game Analysis of Voting Systems* (co-authored, Nikkei Gijutsu Renmei Publishing, 1998), *Solving Problems with Game Theory* (editor, Yuhikaku, 2000), *Advances in Dynamic Games* (co-editor, Birkhauser, 2006), *Cooperative Game Theory* (co-authored, Keiso Shobo, 2008), *Game Theory* (Ohmsha, 2011), *Game Theory Application Book* (co-editor, Toyo Keizai Inc., 2013). Translations: *Game Theory and Economic Behavior - 60th Anniversary Edition* (Keiso Shobo, 2014).