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Summary: Beware of the last chapter
Review: Overall this is a very well written intro to game theory. However I want to raise one point which was never mentioned here. Unfortunately Gobbons' writing style deteriorate as the book progresses, and gets downright careless in the last chapter, which happens to be filled with examples. (there are typos as well, which are not present in other chapters.) I don't know if he was under the pressure to finish the book quickly, but it is clear not much attention was paid to that chapter. The explanations are not clear and confusing (it is a consensus from my classmates.) I'm giving four stars still because I think it is a pretty good introductory text. Just be mindful of that chapter.
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Summary: Too condensed.
Review: The book tries to explain difficult concepts with considerable lucidity, but still falters because the author assumes the reader knows why things should happen and builds on those assumptions to explain more difficult things. Same book with a little more explanation would be better.
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Summary: Simplifies a complex topic
Review: This book provides a difficult, but thorough introduction to applied game theory. I used it as a reference for a mathematics course that did not delve into game theory so deeply, so I have not as of yet read the entire book. However, I did read the first few chapters, and am fascinated by the simple way Gibbons explains complicated game theoretical models
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Summary: Basic, but well written
Review: This book provides a very simple, intuitive introduction to game theory, avoiding technical details. The author's style of writing is extremely clear. However, the book lacks sufficient rigor to make a good "stand-alone" introductory text for a graduate course in game theory. It would work well as a main text for an undergraduate course. Finally, most of the exercises in the book are well chosen and useful, unlike certain other texts on game theory I could mention.
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Summary: Best start for game theory
Review: This is an excellent quick guide to the essentials fo Game theory for graduate level students. While is has slightly less detail than Tirole and Fudenberg's Game Theory, and fewer stories and context than Binmore's "Fun and Games" (an undergraduate level text), this book is very important in presenting the structure of non-cooperative game theory in a lean manner. It is also very good as a reference text.
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Summary: An excellent short text
Review: This is an excellent quick guide to the essentials fo Game theory for graduate level students. While is has slightly less detail than Tirole and Fudenberg's Game Theory, and fewer stories and context than Binmore's "Fun and Games" (an undergraduate level text), this book is very important in presenting the structure of non-cooperative game theory in a lean manner. It is also very good as a reference text.
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Summary: Best start for game theory
Review: This is the best game theory book, nice explaination for beginner till advance.
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Summary: clear, nice to read
Review: We used this book as an informal introduction to game theory during the first year graduate level micro sequence at Yale. The material presented in this book was covered during a half of semester. I think the book is great, it takes you right to the point and shows what game theory is about. It presents major types of games like static/dynamic, complete/incomplete information and possible solution concepts. The writing is clear, not dry, so it's easy for reading.
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Summary: Nice
Review: While the book falters in places in its explanations of equilibrium concepts, over all it is a coherent, readable and manageable book. Much better than the other tomes that students of game theory such as myself have to trawl through to find information.
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