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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://www.coursera.org/learn/gametheory2/ You can find an introductory video here: http://web.stanford.edu/~jacksonm/Intro_Networks.mp4...

Top reviews

WY

May 16, 2017

Great ! Interesting and abound at the same time. Hope Professors will clarify the strategic utility function more clearly because it's hard for students with poor math basic(forget most><) right now!

SC

Feb 7, 2022

I would have preferred a more mathematically rigorous treatment of the subject. Nevertheless, this was a great course — the instructors expounded all concepts with exceptional clarity and engagement.

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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 Bhuvan A

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 8, 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 28, 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 Ana R

May 8, 2020

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

By Alejandro D P

Feb 9, 2018

Awesome course, really interesting, though it will be better with more exercises.

By Kalie D

Nov 10, 2019

Calculus level math is recommended to understand the math portion of the lesson.

By Manas N 2

Dec 30, 2023

The technical portions become technical too quickly. Kindly ease into it slowly

By Artur M

Jan 22, 2018

Some videos are confusing, some lectures are boring but overall great content!

By Egor G

Oct 21, 2017

Good course, but some topics are hard to understand with the given explanation

By Bishal G

Jan 21, 2022

covers the basics i hoped if the assignments would be little more challenging

By António M F B d C C

Jan 5, 2018

It is a nice and compact short course with all the essentials of Game Theory.