• DocumentCode
    104291
  • Title

    Thinking Backward with Professor Zermelo

  • Author

    Wooldridge, Michael

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Oxford, Oxford, UK
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    Mar.-Apr. 2015
  • Firstpage
    62
  • Lastpage
    67
  • Abstract
    This column discusses extensive form games and shows how backward induction can be used to analyze such games. It also discusses some of the apparent paradoxes that can arise when using backward induction to analyze games.
  • Keywords
    game theory; backward induction; extensive form games; game theory; Game theory; Games; Induction; Nash equilibrium; Zermelo´s algorithm; Zermelo´s theorem; backward induction; centipede game; extensive form game; intelligent systems; kidnap game;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Intelligent Systems, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1541-1672
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MIS.2015.36
  • Filename
    7061665
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=104291