Agents, Games, and Evolution: Strategies at Work and Play

Based on the author#xE2;#xAC;"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#xE2;#xAC;"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.