List of game theorists

List of game theorists

This is a list of notable biologists, economists, mathematicians, political scientists, and computer scientists whose work has added substantially to the field of game-theory.

A * Derek Abbott – [[quantum-game-theory]] and [[parrondo's-paradox|Parrondo's games]] * [[susanne-albers]] – [[algorithmic-game-theory]] and algorithm analysis * [[kenneth-arrow]] – voting theory (Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1972) * [[robert-aumann]] – equilibrium theory (Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2005) * [[robert-axelrod-(political-scientist)|Robert Axelrod]] – repeated [[prisoner's-dilemma]]

B * [[tamer-başar]] – dynamic game theory and application robust control of systems with uncertainty * [[cristina-bicchieri]] – epistemology of game theory * [[olga-bondareva]] – [[bondareva–shapley-theorem]] * [[steven-brams]] – [[fair-cake-cutting|cake cutting]], [[fair-division]], theory of moves

C * [[jennifer-tour-chayes]] – [[algorithmic-game-theory]] and [[auction-algorithm]]s * [[john-horton-conway]] – combinatorial game theory * Antoine Augustin Cournot – monopoly and oligopoly games

F * [[drew-fudenberg]] – [[repeated-game]]s and reputation effects

H * W.D. Hamilton – [[evolutionary-game-theory]] * [[john-harsanyi]] – equilibrium theory (Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1994) * [[monika-henzinger]] – algorithmic game theory and information retrieval * John Hicks – general equilibrium theory (including Kaldor–Hicks efficiency) * [[naira-hovakimyan]] – differential games and adaptive control * [[peter-l.-hurd]] – evolution of aggressive behavior

I * [[rufus-isaacs-(game-theorist)|Rufus Isaacs]] – [[differential-game]]s

K * [[ehud-kalai]] – [[kalai–smorodinsky-bargaining-solution]], rational learning, strategic complexity * [[anna-karlin]] – [[algorithmic-game-theory]] and online algorithms * [[michael-kearns-(computer-scientist)|Michael Kearns]] – [[algorithmic-game-theory]] and computational social science * [[sarit-kraus]] – non-monotonic reasoning

M * [[john-maynard-smith]] – [[evolutionary-game-theory]] * [[oskar-morgenstern]] – social organization * [[roger-myerson]] – [[mechanism-design]] (Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2007)

N * John F Nash – [[nash-equilibrium]] (Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1994) * [[john-von-neumann]] – [[minimax-theorem]], [[expected-utility-hypothesis|expected utility]], social organization, arms race * J. M. R. Parrondo – games with a reversal of fortune, such as [[parrondo's-paradox|Parrondo's games]] * Charles E. M. Pearce – games applied to queuing theory * [[george-r.-price]] – [[evolutionary-game-theory]] * [[lloyd-shapley]] – [[shapley-value]] and core concept in [[coalition]] games (Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences 2012) * [[eilon-solan]] – Stochastic games, stopping games * [[thomas-schelling]] – bargaining (Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2005) and models of segregation

T * Éva Tardos – [[algorithmic-game-theory]] * [[stef-tijs]] – [[cooperative-game-theory]] (including the Tijs value)

V * [[william-vickrey]] – [[auction-theory]]

W * [[myrna-wooders]] – [[coalition]] theory

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