Fall 2024 Political Science GU4732 section 001

RESEARCH TOPICS IN GAME THEORY

RESEARCH TOPICS IN GAME T

Call Number 17641
Day & Time
Location
MW 10:10am-11:25am
307 Uris Hall
Points 4
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Carlo Prato
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description Prerequisites: POLS W4730 or the instructors permission. Advanced topics in game theory will cover the study of repeated games, games of incomplete information and principal-agent models with applications in the fields of voting, bargaining, lobbying and violent conflict. Results from the study of social choice theory, mechanism design and auction theory will also be treated. The course will concentrate on mathematical techniques for constructing and solving games. Students will be required to develop a topic relating political science and game theory and to write a formal research paper.
Web Site Vergil
Department Political Science
Enrollment 8 students (15 max) as of 9:05AM Thursday, January 2, 2025
Subject Political Science
Number GU4732
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Note Co-requisite: POLS GU4733; No direct registration.
Section key 20243POLS4732W001