Recentinterestinbiologicalgamesandmathematicalfinancemakethisclassic1982textanecessityonceagain.Unlikeotherbooksinthefield,thistextprovidesanoverviewoftheanalysisofdynamic/differentialzero-sumandnonzero-sumgamesandsimultaneouslystressestheroleofdifferentinformationpatterns.Thefirsteditionwasfullyrevisedin1995,addingnewtopicssuchasrandomizedstrategies,finitegameswithintegrateddecisions,andrefinementsofNashequilibrium.Readerscannowlookforwardtoevenmorerecentresultsinthisunabridged,revisedSIAMClassicsedition.Topicscoveredincludestaticanddynamicnoncooperativegametheory,withanemphasisontheinterplaybetweendynamicinformationpatternsandstructuralpropertiesofseveraldifferenttypesofequilibria;NashandStackelbergsolutionconcepts;multi-actgames;Braessparadox;differentialgames;therelationshipbetweentheexistenceofsolutionsofRiccatiequationsandtheexistenceofNashequilibriumsolutions;andinfinite-horizondifferentialgames.
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