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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Game Theory by Stanford University

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About the Course

Popularized by movies such as "A Beautiful Mind," game theory is the mathematical modeling of strategic interaction among rational (and irrational) agents. Beyond what we call `games' in common language, such as chess, poker, soccer, etc., it includes the modeling of conflict among nations, political campaigns, competition among firms, and trading behavior in markets such as the NYSE. How could you begin to model keyword auctions, and peer to peer file-sharing networks, without accounting for the incentives of the people using them? The course will provide the basics: representing games and strategies, the extensive form (which computer scientists call game trees), Bayesian games (modeling things like auctions), repeated and stochastic games, and more. We'll include a variety of examples including classic games and a few applications. You can find a full syllabus and description of the course here: http://web.stanford.edu/~jacksonm/GTOC-Syllabus.html There is also an advanced follow-up course to this one, for people already familiar with game theory: https://roshoesn.top/learn/gametheory2/ You can find an introductory video here: http://web.stanford.edu/~jacksonm/Intro_Networks.mp4...

Top reviews

EC

Feb 24, 2023

Love this course. Really interesting to learn. This subject was very problematic for me when I studied at the University and now I am pretty friendly with it thanks to the Professors of the course.

AS

Jan 27, 2019

Excellent course for beginners. Problem sets are very creative. No more further resources needed. I found this course specially useful if the purpose is to apply Game Theory in other disciplines.

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By Bintang I

Sep 19, 2023

it was hard, math section in particular. But lesson learned about the way people behavior is unique and interesting

By Maryam M G

Aug 31, 2020

It was interesting up to a point and then it got boring! Also, I did not enjoy Prof. Shoham's teaching at all!

By MOHAMMAD A A F

Mar 17, 2019

It was a difficult course with a lot of notations but the conductors are really articulate. So it becomes easy

By nitin s

Jun 29, 2017

in some scenario definitions are given without proper explanations of the variables used in the definitions.

By Bobbie W

Sep 19, 2019

Impressive lessons, different teaching skills of the three teacher make up for the diversity of the course.

By gagandeep K

Nov 12, 2017

easily understood course, it would have been nice if some road map on where to proceed next is communicated

By Hassan G

May 24, 2019

very nice course and interesting subject.

although sometime I wish there was more explanation of some idea.

By Matthew W

Oct 8, 2017

Fairly simple introduction to game theory, but I gained an understanding of what the subject is all about.

By Dr.bhuvan a R

Aug 12, 2020

The course is wonderful and enjoyable. The three professors are awesome, my hearty thanks to all of them.

By Leonardo Z

Jun 14, 2023

Frankly speaking, Professor Yoav Shoham's part can be improved in terms of the clarity of explanations.

By David H

Mar 9, 2021

I learned a lot about a topic I knew nothing about, but the formulas and math were a bit intimidating.

By Oscar A R S

Oct 21, 2018

great course to practice math and some other skills, i would highly recommend it for other students

By Andy V M

Oct 8, 2016

A perfect introduction to game theory, especially the exercises make you think about the subject.

By Emil

Nov 16, 2020

Interesting course. Many situations and possibilities were shown. Real-life examples were given.

By Ferris

Nov 29, 2019

整体还不错. 对 infinitely repeated games 讲解有些缺乏体系化, 需要自己花时间梳理. bayesian games 说的太抽象, 没什么收获, 其实不学也可以做题.

By Joshua C

Apr 9, 2017

Some of the material could have been re-recorded to remove the mistakes, but overall good work.

By MAURICIO O M P

Jun 15, 2020

More exercices would be nice to really grasp the concepts. One can only practice in the exams.

By HENRYQUE D A C

Jun 6, 2022

some calculus are not well explained by the professors, once is trivial for them, I guess...

By Henrique d M

Aug 2, 2017

Great course. Recommended for all economists and students eager to learn about game theory.

By Louis H

Oct 16, 2020

Good pace and difficulty for beginners. Tests are fair. Explanations sometimes too brief.

By Gokul K K

Jan 27, 2020

The methods need not be formulaic, more intuitive methods could be taught in the course.

By Brigit J P

Dec 2, 2022

This course is highly informative for beginners and the instructors teach very well.

By Allen W

Mar 14, 2020

I particularly appreciated the mix between theory and application. Good lectures.

By Daniel P

Dec 3, 2024

Easy to follow and engaging - does get very challenging towards the last 2 weeks!

By Ana R

May 8, 2020

Es un curso ambicioso, requiere mucha concentración y trabajo, pero vale la pena.