The Library
Large non-cooperative games : foundations and tools
Tools
Stergianopoulos, Georgios (2012) Large non-cooperative games : foundations and tools. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
|
Text
WRAP_THESIS_Stergianopoulos_2012.pdf - Submitted Version Download (2595Kb) | Preview |
Official URL: http://webcat.warwick.ac.uk/record=b2683174~S1
Abstract
Following Schmeidler (1973) and Mas-Colell (1984), economists have typically
used aggregative games with a continuum of players to model strategic environments
with a large number of participants. In these games a player's payoff
depends on her own strategy and on an average of the strategies of everyone in
the game. Examples include corporate competition in global markets, welfare
maximization in multi-period economies, strategic voting in national elections,
network congestion, and environmental models of pollution or, more generally,
widespread externalities.
This study consists of three chapters. In Chapter 1 we unveil a weakness
of the Schmeidler - Mas-Colell framework, and we develop a potential
remedy that leaves the framework intact. In Chapter 2 we set the theoretical
foundations for an alternative framework that is immune to the above
weakness. Finally, in Chapter 3 we demonstrate how our approach accommodates
types of players. We provide a number of fully worked-through examples
and an appendix at the end of each chapter that includes the proofs to our
propositions.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Noncooperative games (Mathematics) | ||||
Official Date: | August 2012 | ||||
Dates: |
|
||||
Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Theses Department: | Mathematics Institute | ||||
Thesis Type: | PhD | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Hammond, Peter J., 1945-; MacKay, R. S. (Robert Sinclair) | ||||
Sponsors: | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC); Marie Curie Research Programme | ||||
Extent: | vii, 3, 85 leaves. | ||||
Language: | eng |
Request changes or add full text files to a record
Repository staff actions (login required)
View Item |
Downloads
Downloads per month over past year