Saturday, August 15, 2009

Game Theory: Can It Be Used To Predict Political Events

This is a very interesting article about using game theory to predict possible international political outcomes.

What is game theory, any normal person may ask? It is essentially having a model to predict behavior taking into consideration other players behavior (here is a good explanation). When I was in school we learned about game theory and I have always struggled with doing it properly, however, it is one math application I wish I knew better.

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