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MATH 407 – INTRODUCTION TO GAME THEORY |
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Hoşça
bak zâtına kim zübde-i âlemsin sen Merdüm-i
dîde-i ekvân olan âdemsin sen |
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doğanaksoy aldoks(at)metu.edu.tr
(312) 210 53 54 |
The course will be focused on mathematical aspects of game theory;
application to economics and other areas will not our main concern. Some
basic discrete mathematics, calculus and linear algebra knowledge is
sufficient to follow the course. |
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On the first day of registrations capacity of the course is limited
to 20 and it will be increased to 30 students on the second day. Capacity will be
increased to 40 students at the add-drop period. In that period, additional
10 students will be accepted on the basis of their Registration Points (RP)
which will be computed as RP=GPA (cumulative)+Department-Class. (Department
point is 3 for Math and Math.Ed; 4 for the others) . For appying that additional capacity,
send an e-mail message to aldoks(at)metu.edu.tr with subject (Math407-Reg
DEPT GPA CLASS / Example: Math407-Reg Econ 3.51 3) not later than 10 March
2022. First 10 students will be
announced on 12 March 2022 and will be registered to the course) |
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FIRST MEETING : 7th
March 2022, Monday at 15:40 |
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CLASSES : Monday,
15.40-18.30 |
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Note that all
classes will be held on Monday 15.40-18.30. / There will be no lecyure on the
second week (14 March, Pi Day) |
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GRADING POLICY : |
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Attendance+Pop-Quizzes |
25% |
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Each week a quiz
will be given during lecture mettings. Quizzes will be performed via
odtuclass. |
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Midterm Exam |
25% |
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Midtrem exam will possibly
be a take-home exam and it will cover the first two parts of the lecture. |
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Homework |
25% |
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Along the
semester, a total of 25 homework quesitons will be assigned on weekly basis.
(~ 2 questions per week) . |
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Final Exam |
25% |
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Midtrem exam will be
a take-home exam and it will cover all the topics covered in lecture meetings. |
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LECTURES: |
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Unless there is a compulsory condition, all lectures will be
conducted face-to face at M-102. |
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TEXT-BOOK: |
Game Theory, T. S. Ferguson |
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SYLLABUS: |
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Weeks |
Topics |
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01-05 (07.03 – 04.04) |
Part I. Impartial Combinatorial Games (Sections 1,2,4) |
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06-10 (11.04-09.05) |
Part II. Two-Person Zero-Sum Games (Sections 1,2,3,4,6) |
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11 (16.05) |
Midterm Exam (on 16th May 2022, Monday, at 15.40) |
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12-15 (23.05-13.06) |
Part III. Two-Person General-Sum Games (Sections 1,2,4) |
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