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Thalesian Seminar (London) — Dr. Lynda White — Collaborative Games with n Players
Date and Time
7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 5th May, 2010.
Venue
Upstairs at City Pride, Canary Wharf, London, UK.
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Abstract
After a short introduction to two-person zero-sum (i.e. strictly competitive) games I will talk about some two-person non zero-sum games. These are broadly of two types: those where the players select their strategies independently (as happens in Prisoners' Dilemema) and those where they collaborate for mutual benefit. When we increase the number of players in a collaborative game there is the possibility of coalitions forming and I will discuss various solution concepts for such games together with some examples.
Speaker
Lynda White is a Senior Lecturer and the Senior Tutor in the Department of Mathematics at Imperial College London. Her research interests are in statistics, experimental design, and randomisation. She has designed numerous experiments for the industry and the academe. Dr. White also designs and analyses the College's TOAST surveys of academic staff time. In November 2003 she appeared in the BBC Horizon programme on "The Bible Code" which presented an experiment to examine a claim that the book of Genesis contains hidden messages for mankind. In 2006 Dr. White was named Lecturer of the Year in the 2006 Science, Engineering and Technology Awards. Supported by the industry, the awards recognise educational excellence and exceptional achievement by lecturers and students.
Video
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Slides
Not available.
Resources
- Dr. Lynda White's Imperial College staff home page: http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/l.white
- Dr. Lynda White's academic home page: http://www2.imperial.ac.uk/~lvw/
