UGEB2530A - Games and Strategic Thinking - 2014/15

Announcement

• Report guideline [Download file]
• Group member list and presentation date [Download file]
• Quiz 2 will be started at 10:00 on 13/4 (Mon)

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General Information

Lecturer

• Lau Chi Hin
  • Office: LSB 208
  • Tel: 3943 7987
  • Email:

Teaching Assistant

• Du Heng
  • Office: 407B, AB1
  • Tel: 3943 3720
  • Email:

Time and Venue

• Lecture: Monday 9:30-12:15, FHB SW2

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
• Matrices and probability
• Zero sum games (26/1 revised)
• Sequential games
• Bimatrix games
• Cooperative games

Tutorial Notes

• Quiz 1 (2013-2014)
• Quiz 1 solution (2013-2014)
• Quiz 2 (2013-2014)
• 2 by n games worksheet answer
• Sequential game worksheet answer
• Bimatrix games worksheet answer
• Threat solution worksheet answer
• Shapley value worksheet answer

Assignments

• Assignment 1 (due date: 26 Jan Monday)
• Assignment 2 (due date: 9 Feb Monday)
• Assignment 3 (No need to submit)
• Assignment 4 (due date: 9 March Monday)
• Assignment 5 (due date: 23 March Monday)

Solutions

• HW1 Solution
• HW2 Solution
• HW3 Solution
• Quiz1 Solution
• HW4 Solution
• HW5 Solution

Assessment Scheme

Assignments		10%
Quizzes (Feb 16 and April 13)		50%
Presentation (Mar 23 and 30) and Report (April 16)		40%

Honesty in Academic Work

The Chinese University of Hong Kong places very high importance on honesty in academic work submitted by students, and adopts a policy of zero tolerance on cheating and plagiarism. Any related offence will lead to disciplinary action including termination of studies at the University. Although cases of cheating or plagiarism are rare at the University, everyone should make himself / herself familiar with the content of the following website:

http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/academichonesty/

and thereby help avoid any practice that would not be acceptable.

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Last updated: April 12, 2015 19:27:09