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The Strategy of Conflict
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 341.5
EAN: 9780674840317
ISBN: 0674840313
Label: Harvard University Press
Manufacturer: Harvard University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 328
Publication Date: May 09, 2007
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Studio: Harvard University Press
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Rating:  - New Media and Game Theory
A great analysis of the strategy of conflict grounded in the framework of Game Theory. Thomas Schelling applies Game Theory to deconstructing cold war negotiations and other fairly well structured "conflicts". As such, he offers the student of history a very interesting set of tools. However, it is unlikely that one can apply any of the outcomes to today's environment as more contemporary communication tools (instantaneous, distibuted, portable and user generated) are absent from a book written in ... Read More
Rating:  - Everyone should read this book
"The Strategy of Conflict" changed the development of game theory in several ways, but none was more important than Schelling's focus on real life examples, situations or games that are relevant to what we encounter in our daily lives. Before Schelling, game theory analysis was abstract and mathematical; it focused on zero-sum games, where interests were purely conflicting and there were no incentives to cooperate. Game theorists built convincing abstract models for these types of games, but its application ... Read More
Rating:  - Good intro read
Along with Dixit & Skeath, Schelling is a great intro read for anyone interested in game theory.
Rating: - NOBLE PRIZE WINNER ON CONFLICT
The 2005 Nobel Prize for Economics was awarded to Robert Aumann and Thomas C. Schelling. Schelling is professor of Economics at the University of Maryland and applied game theory to conflict. His focus was on the weapons issues but his ideas have been applied to a host of business issues.
In this review, we will apply some of Shelling's concepts to how companies fire employees.
Schelling says "uncertain retaliation is more efficient than certain retaliation" when bargaining ... Read More
Rating: - Major contribution and still relevant after decades
Since its first publication in 1960, the strategy of Conflict is still relevant today. His concepts of strategic moves and random strategy can still be applied to the increasing complicated international affairs. It's definitely a timeless classic for game theoretical study of international relations.
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