Based on the author's course at the University of Pennsylvania, this book explores a number of basic games using agent-based models. In these models, agents have fixed strategies. The author uses agent-based models to present a wide range of applications in which strategic interaction is present and for which design issues have genuine practical import. The text covers such games as the Prisoner's Dilemma, Stag Hunt, Battle of the Sexes, and Interrogation. All computational methods are implemented in NetLogo and the required mathematical background is included in an appendix.
Based on the author's course at the University of Pennsylvania, this book explores a number of basic games using agent-based models. In these models, ...
Business Analytics for Decision Making, the first complete text suitable for use in introductory Business Analytics courses, establishes a national syllabus for an emerging first course at an MBA or upper undergraduate level. This timely text is mainly about model analytics, particularly analytics for constrained optimization. It uses implementations that allow students to explore models and data for the sake of discovery, understanding, and decision making. Business analytics is about using data and models to solve various kinds of decision problems. There are three...
Business Analytics for Decision Making, the first complete text suitable for use in introductory Business Analytics courses, estab...