ORIE 6350 Foundations of Game Theory and Mechanism Design for Engineering Applications
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR Fall. 3 credits. Prerequisite: basic knowledge of operations research at level of ORIE 6300 and 6500. No prior knowledge of game theory or computer networks assumed. Next offered 2010–2011.
Provides a rigorous foundation for the applications of game theory and mechanism design to problems in operations research and computer science. The goal is to develop a deep understanding of the fundamental issues that are important in many applications while presenting many current open research problems.