MATH4250 - Game Theory - 2019/20

Announcement

• Due to the shortening of Term 1 in 2019-20 and cancellation of the centralized final examination, we will use the following new assessment scheme for this course: 20% assignment 1-3 + 80% mid-term exam.

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General Information

Lecturer

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

Teaching Assistant

• Yang Zhen
  • Office: LSB 222C
  • Tel: 3943 8570
  • Email:
• Yuan Hongwei
  • Office: AB1 614
  • Tel: 3943 4109
  • Email:

Time and Venue

• Lecture: Wednesday 16:30-18:15, LSB LT3; Thursday 13:15-14:15, LSB LT4
• Tutorial: Thursday 12:30-13:15, LSB LT4

Course Description

Principles and techniques of game theory, matrix games, minimax theorem and calculation of optimal strategies, cooperative and non-cooperative solutions of bimatrix games, coalitional games and applications. Students taking this course are expected to have knowledge in linear algebra.

References

• Peter Morris: Introduction to Game Theory, Springer 1994

Lecture Notes

• Lecture notes
• Combinatorial games

Class Notes

• Introduction
• KSLau
• Eric Chung
• Coin flipping puzzle

Tutorial Notes

• Tutorial 1 (12/09/2019)
• Tutorial 2 (19/09/2019)
• Tutorial 3 (26/09/2019)
• Tutorial 4 (03/10/2019)
• Tutorial 5 (10/10/2019)
• Tutorial 6 (17/10/2019)
• Tutorial 7 (24/10/2019)
• Tutorial 8 (31/10/2019)

Assignments

• Assignment 1 (Due: 27 Sept 2019 (Fri))
• Assignment 2 (Due: 11 Oct 2019 (Fri))
• Assignment 3 (Due: 21 Oct 2019 (Mon))

Quizzes and Exams

• Mid-term 18-19
• Mid-term 18-19 sol
• Mid-term 17-18
• Mid-term 17-18 sol
• Mid-term 16-17
• Mid-term 16-17 sol

Solutions

• Suggested solution to assignment 1
• Suggested solution to assignment 2
• Suggested solution to assignment 3
• Suggested solution to midterm

Assessment Scheme

Assignments		10%
Mid-term (23 Oct Wed)		40%
Final		50%

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Assessment Policy

Last updated: November 26, 2019 21:58:44