Game Theory at Work
by James Daniel Miller · first published 2003
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An easy-to-follow, non-technical approach to using game theory in every business battleGame theory has become entrenched in today’s business world. It has also often required oppressive and incomprehensible mathematics. Game Theory at Work steers around math and pedagogy to make this innovative tool accessible to a larger audience and allow all levels of business to use it to both improve decision-making skills and eliminate potentially lethal uncertainty.This proven tool requires everyone in an organization to look at the competition, guage his or her own responses to their actions, and then
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on “Ask HN: Great books you read in 2009?” ↗Game Theory At work by James Miller is a great non-mathematical description of key game theory and how to apply it in real life. I consider it to be a must-read for any entrepreneur.
on “Ask HN: Best book you read in 2011” ↗…rationale for their votes included consideration of matters that infringed on the candidate's right to academic freedom." Joining us now from Boston is Professor Miller, who is the author of the book, "Game Theory at Work." All right, so you succeeded in convincing the hierarchy at Smith College that you were, indeed, denied tenure because of your political beliefs, which is supposed to be against every academic tenet…
on “Diversity of the Mind” ↗It feels like the only aspect of Game Theory at work here is opportunity cost. For example, why shouldn't you make AI porn generation software? There's moral reasons for it, but usually, most put it aside because someone else is going to get the bag first.…
on “This is not the future” ↗