Posts Tagged ‘game theory’
Cheating amoebae don’t pay the price
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — Scientists have found a gene that allows amoebae to pass on more than their fair share of their genes without compromising their overall fitness. Continue…
Friday, January 18, 2013 15:53 - 3 Comments
Society & Culture - Mar 16, 2011 14:07 - 2 Comments
Is choice just a mind game?
NYU (US) — By illuminating rational choice, game theory can expound on strategic questions in the humanities made by characters in a range of texts that include the Bible and Joseph Heller’s Catch-22. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 21, 2009 17:13 - 2 Comments
Game theory says give, not receive, flu vaccine
DUKE (US)—Because supplies of the H1N1 influenza vaccine are expected to be short, governments may be tempted to buy large quantities of vaccine and antiviral treatments to protect their citizens. Yet a new game theory model suggests that, in the case of some epidemics, countries would be best served by giving their drug supplies to another country. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 16, 2009 9:24 - 0 Comments
Better bidding strategy bodes well for markets
U. MICHIGAN (US)—Computer scientists at the University of Michigan have developed what they say is the best bidding strategy by combining game theory and artificial intelligence. (more…)
