Game Theory books
These Game Theory books are recommended by Art of Problem Solving administrators and members of the AoPS Community.
Levels of reading and math ability are loosely defined as follows:
- Elementary is for elementary school students up through possibly early middle school.
- Getting Started is recommended for students grades 6 to 9.
- Intermediate is recommended for students grades 9 to 12.
- Olympiad is recommended for high school students who are already studying the field at an undergraduate level.
- Collegiate is recommended for college and university students.
More advanced topics are often left with the above levels unassigned.
Contents
Books by subject
General
Olympiad/Collegiate
- Game Theory: Analysis of Conflict by Robert Myerson.
The Prisoner's Dilemma
Intermediate
- Prisoner's Delimma by William Poundstone.
Olympiad/Collegiate
- Prisoner's Delimma by Anatol Rapoport and Albert Chammah.
Evolutionary Game Theory
Olympiad/Collegiate
- The Evolution of Cooperation by Robert Axelrod.
Economic Game Theory
Olympiad/Collegiate
- Game Theory for Applied Economists by Robert Gibbons.