Conflict can profoundly affect individuals and their groups. Oftentimes, conflict involves a
clash between one side seeking change and increased gains through victory and the other …

Starting with the analysis of arms control and disarmament problems in the sixties,
inspection games have evolved into a special area of game theory with specific theoretical …

Conic optimization is a significant and thriving research area within the optimization
community. Conic optimization is the general class of problems concerned with optimizing a …

Abstract The contribution by De Dreu and Gross oversimplifies the complexity of the topic. I
provide counterarguments that undermine the two sweeping contentions on which the …

This paper analyses the game relationship between port authorities and ship owners under
the new inspection regime (NIR). Based on 49328 inspection reports from Paris …

A simple model of corruption that takes into account the effect of the interaction of a large
number of agents by both rational decision making and myopic behavior is developed. Its …

This book is on applications of game theory. The title of this book is not" Game Theory and
its Applications" because it does not construct a general theory for considered games. The …

Leadership can be effective in promoting cooperation within a group, but as the saying goes
“heavy is the head that wears the crown”. A lot of debate still surrounds exactly what …

The general picture of game-theoretic modeling dealt with in this book is characterized by a
set of big players, also referred to as principals or major agents, acting in the background of …

In this paper, we investigate how many containers would need to be screened in order to
deter attackers from attempting to smuggle weapons into a defending country in container …