game-theory

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.

Keeping biomedical data private is important, but so is sharing it for research. Game theory can help researchers accomplish both.

A game theory expert explains why a witness to a troubling situation who is in a group may feel a lesser sense of personal responsibility than a single individual.

Vaccine hesitancy isn’t a moral failure – it’s a property of a system in which people must balance personal and collective interests.

By reducing Russia’s revenues from the sale of fossil fuels, could the implementation of the EU’s Green Deal promoted contribute to the stabilisation of Europe? Game theory provides insight.

Game theory shows why political parties may gravitate to the centre in the quest for the median voter.

This paper provides a descriptive analysis of the conditions under which cooperation becomes instrumentally stable and the conditions under which it may fail. It does not attempt to prove cooperation as universally optimal, but instead clarifies the strategic environments in which cooperative behavior may emerge or break down. The analysis identifies factors such as repeated interaction, uncertai…

Military strategists use game theory to evaluate possible strategies—but there are limits to what this approach to decision-making can achieve

A dispute over how to divvy up the pot in an interrupted game of chance led early mathematicians to invent modern risk assessment