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A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO GAME THEORY

Prof. Ken Binmore

Monday 21 January 2008 at 7.30pm

Have you ever wondered how the Government managed to make £22.4 billion (yes, nine noughts!) from the auction of the third-generation telecoms licences in 2000? Prof. Ken Binmore,  the man behind it and author of A very Short Introduction to Game Theory, comes to talk at the BRLSI. The talk is suitable for non-mathematicians and will explain all you really need to know about the Prisoner`s Dilemma and other problems about how people can best negotiate their way between the Scylla of competition and the C harybdis of co-operation.