game-theory

Scientific Reports, Published online: 13 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-56982-9 Evolutionary game-theoretic modeling of electricity market dynamics for elastic load optimization

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Following the cryptographic security analyses of proof-of-work (PoW) blockchain protocols, a line of research has focused on their economic robustness. The two core questions asked are: How resilient is the system to rational attacks, and how profitable it is for miners to execute it. However, to our knowledge, no work to date has attempted to address them considering the full complexity of the b…

The Basic Setup Whether one’s dealing with biology, economics, politics or a host of other fields, it’s common to encounter situations that can be modeled as involving two agents that repeatedly compete with each other. One imagines that at each step each agent can take one of a certain set of actions, and that then—in […]

_Journal of Philosophical Logic_. forthcomingI present a counter-example to Nash's derivation of utility theory in 'The Bargaining Problem'. ( direct link )

Alice and Bob play a game of Nim "take and give". They prepare four piles of coins, with 1, 2, 3 and 4 coins from left to right. Players alternate moves. A move consists in taking any ...

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 27 May 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07749-0 Policy synergies and market dynamics in green vehicle adoption: a game-theoretic framework with heterogeneous consumer preferences

Almost 50 years after he first got his hands on a computer, the Oxford professor still believes in the power of technology. Can his beloved game theory explain why Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurs consistently misuse it? Michael Wooldridge is like the teacher you wish you’d had: approachable, able to explain difficult things in simple terms, neither dauntingly highbrow nor off-puttingly cool, and g…

If I bet ##s## with Svetlana, ##r## with Roberto, and ##j## with Jeff, my earnings would be, if USA wins, ##-s+2r+ \frac 5 4 j##, if England wins, ##s-r+\frac 5 4 j##, if China wins, ## s+2r-j##, where ##s+r+j=$100##. I think that "the optimal way ... that ensures the largest... Read more

_Artificial Intelligence Review_. forthcomingCausality and game theory are two influential fields that contribute significantly to decision-making in various domains. Causality defines and models causal relationships in complex policy problems, while game theory provides insights into strategic interactions among stakeholders with competing interests. Integrating these frameworks has led to signi…

This paper extends the K-coefficient model of systemic crisis, introduced in Anatomy of Chaos: A Theoretical Framework for Forecasting the Morphology of Post-Crisis Regime, by integrating a game-theoretic layer that addresses a question the baseline model cannot answer: why do systems under comparable structural pressure follow divergent transitional paths? The K-coefficient, defined as the ratio…

Game theory emerged in the 1940's as a method of using mathematical models and games played in experimental situations to model human behavior in the context of economic situations. This paper argues that some basic ideas from game theory, combined with Goodhart's Law, suggest that grade inflation, defined as the gradual increase in high marks given out at universities over the last several decad…

Current approaches to AI alignment (RLHF, constitutional AI, debate) treat alignment as a constraint problem: how to impose human values on systems that might otherwise pursue misaligned objectives. I argue that this framing misses a structural alternative. If the pattern-randomness dichotomy exhausts existence, then both human and AI systems are mathematical structures operating in the same onto…

Scientific Reports, Published online: 23 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-48948-8 An optimization method for railway alignment schemes based on game-theoretic combination weighting and an interval number model

The ongoing conflict around the Strait of Hormuz has become a situation in game theory known as a war of attrition. The maths behind it can help explain what's going on, says Petros Sekeris

Our relationship with Facebook, Google and news is a classic case of the prisoner’s dilemma. Cooperation may be the only way to get the best outcome.

Game theory research suggests that environmental action is not all about summits.

The toll of the pandemic has been worsened because of the shock to the global supply chain, which resulted in shortages of vital medical equipment. Could game theory help?

A scientist has crunched the numbers and come up with rules to make the Bad Santa game fairer and more fun.