UGEB2530A - Games and Strategic Thinking - 2018/19
Announcement
- Report Guideline [Download file]
- Assignment can be submitted during the lecture or by inserting it into the assignment box near LSB223.
- Group member list [Download file]
- Presentation schedule (27/3 updated) [Download file]
General Information
Lecturer
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Lau Chi Hin
- Office: LSB 208
- Tel: 3943 7987
- Email:
- Office Hours: Thursday 10:00-12:00
Teaching Assistant
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Xie Xiaoyu
- Office: LSB 222B
- Tel: 3943 7963
- Email:
Time and Venue
- Lecture: Monday 9:30-12:15 SC LT1
Course Description
The aim of this course is to investigate the manner in which rational people interact when there are competitions. This applies to parlor games and more importantly to economy, social psychology, politics and business. We will introduce the great discoveries of Von Neumann and Nash, and discuss their impact on society. Also, we will use examples on cooperative and non-cooperative games to illustrate how some basic mathematical methods can lead to optimal strategies for deals, bargaining and decision making.
Lecture Notes
- Introduction
- Sequential games
- Wythoff and nim games
- Matrices and probability
- Zero sum games
- Bimatrix games (21/3 reversed)
- Cooperative games
Class Notes
Tutorial Notes
- 1718 Quiz 1
- 1718 Quiz 1 Solution
- 1617 Quiz 1
- 1617 Quiz 1 Solution
- 1516 Quiz 1
- 1516 Quiz 1 Solution
- 1718 Quiz 2 (Revised version)
- 1718 Quiz 2 Solution
- 1617 Quiz 2
- 1617 Quiz 2 Solution
- 1516 Quiz 2
- 1516 Quiz 2 Solution
Assignments
- Assignment 1 (Due date: 11 Feb (Mon))
- Assignment 2 (Due date: 20 Feb (Wed))
- Assignment 3 (Due date: 18 March (Mon))
- Assignment 4 (Due date: 20 March (Wed))
Quizzes and Exams
Solutions
- Suggested Solution for Assignment 1
- Suggested Solution for Assignment 2
- Suggested Solution for Assignment 3
- Suggested Solution for Assignment 4
Assessment Scheme
| Assignments | 20% | |
| Quizzes (25 Feb (Mon) and 25 March (Mon)) | 40% | |
| Report and Presentation | 40% |
Honesty in Academic Work
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http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/academichonesty/and thereby help avoid any practice that would not be acceptable.
Assessment Policy Last updated: March 25, 2019 09:23:33