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10/01/2025

Please feel free to read our latest publication:

N-Tuple Network Search in Othello Using Genetic Algorithms, written by Hiroto Kuramitsu, Kaiyu Suzuki and Tomofumi Matsuzawa from Tokyo University of Science

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As one of the strongest Othello agents, Edax employs an n-tuple network to evaluate the board, with points of interest represented as tuples. However, this network maintains a constant shape throughout the game, whereas the points of interest in Othello vary with respect to game’s progress. The pr...

10/01/2025

Please feel free to read our latest publication:

High Cost of Survival Promotes the Evolution of Cooperation, written by Oleg Smirnov from Stony Brook University

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Living organisms expend energy to sustain survival, a process which is reliant on consuming resources—termed here as the “cost of survival”. In the Prisoner’s Dilemma (PD), a classic model of social interaction, individual payoffs depend on choices to either provide benefits to others at a p...

07/01/2025

Feel free to read our latest article, published in Games, MDPI: Investigating the Social Boundaries of Fairness by Modeling Ultimatum Game Responders’ Decisions with Multinomial Processing Tree Models

Fairness in competitive games such as the Ultimatum Game is often defined theoretically. According to some of the literature, in which fairness is determined only based on resource allocation, a proposal splitting resources evenly (i.e., 5:5) is generally assumed as fair, and minimal deviation (i.e....

02/01/2025

Feel free to read our latest article, published in Games, MDPI: Asymmetric Information and Credit Rationing in a Model of Search, written by Cemil Selcuk from Cardiff University

This paper presents a competitive search model focusing on the impact of asymmetric information on credit markets. We show that limited entry by lenders results in endogenous credit rationing, which, in turn, plays a key role in managing adverse selection and prevents the credit market from collapsi...

30/12/2024

If you are exploring applications of game-theoretic methods to spatial competition models, please feel free to contribute to our Special Issue "Game Theory in Economics: Recent Advances in Spatial Competition"

It is Guest Edited by Dr. Stefano Colombo

The deadline for paper submission is 28th February 2025

Please check the link for more information:

Special Issue in journal Games: Game Theory in Economics: Recent Advances in Spatial Competition

23/12/2024

Feel free to read our latest article, published in Games, MDPI:
Computing Stackelberg Equilibrium for Cancer Treatment, written by Sam Ganzfried

Recent work by Kleshnina et al. has presented a Stackelberg evolutionary game model in which the Stackelberg equilibrium strategy for the leading player corresponds to the optimal cancer treatment. We present an approach that is able to quickly and accurately solve the model presented in that work.

20/12/2024

As the year draws to a close, we would like to extend our warmest wishes for the holiday season! May this time bring joy, peace, and cherished moments with your loved ones.

We are deeply grateful for the continued support and dedication of our Academic Editors, reviewers and authors. Your contributions have been instrumental in shaping the journal's success and ensuring the dissemination of high-quality research to the global academic community. We look forward to another year of collaboration and achievements together.

Wishing you a wonderful holiday season and a prosperous New Year!

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17/12/2024

Please feel free to check our Special Issue "Conflict and Communication: Applications of Game Theory to Political Economy"
It is Guest Edited by Prof. Dimitri Landa and Dr. Le Bihan Patrick

The deadline for paper submission is 31st of January 2025

We welcome you to contribute to this SI!

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Special Issue in journal Games: Conflict and Communication: Applications of Game Theory to Political Economy

11/12/2024

Feel free to read our latest article, published in Games, MDPI: Two-Valued Strongly Group Strategy-Proof Social Choice Functions, written by Anna De Simone and K. P. S. Bhaskara Rao

We present simple and direct arguments to characterize strongly group strategy-proof social choice functions whose range is of cardinality two. The underlying society is of arbitrary cardinality, and agents can be indifferent among alternatives.

10/12/2024

Feel free to read our latest article, published in Games, MDPI: Isotone Classes of Social Choice Functions with Binary Range, written by Achille Basile, K.P. S. Bhaskara Rao, Anna De Simone and Ciro Tarantino

Recently, it has been shown that the characterizations of different classes of non-manipulable social choice functions with binary range can be reduced to a common functional form. In the present paper, we investigate the reasons why this happens. We show that all the classes considered share a comm...

09/12/2024

Seasons Greetings !


We hope that you had a wonderful 2024. As we conclude the year, we would like to remind all scholars interested in game theory research to register and submit their abstracts to the 1st International Electronic Conference on Games (IECGA 2025).


The IECGA 2025 will be held virtually for FREE from 15 to 16 October 2025. As such, there’s no need to worry about travel or registration fees!


Led by leading experts in their respective field, Don’t miss your chance to submit your abstracts for a chance to present at these exciting sessions:

1. Algorithmic, Computational and Applied Game Theory

2. Behavioral, Experimental, and Cooperative Game Theory and Bargaining

3. Learning, Evolution, Market Design and Auctions

4. Non-Cooperative and General Game Theory

To submit your abstracts for FREE, please click on the following link:
https://t.ly/E5xGg

For more information, please visit our website:
https://t.ly/n7DAW

Important Dates 🗓️

Abstract Submission Deadline: 17 June 2025

04/12/2024

We would like to celebrate the outstanding contributions from our authors in November! Your trust and support mean everything to us, and we’re grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with such brilliant minds.

Explore the remarkable works published in the past month:

On Remoteness Functions of k-NIM with k + 1 Piles in Normal and in Misère Versions: https://t.ly/SFNxp

Evasion Differential Games in the Space of Square Summable Sequences: https://t.ly/Wi3mw

A Stepwise Conflict Analysis Using the Graph Model: https://t.ly/HbUWL

Bayesian Fictitious Play in Oligopoly: The Case of Risk-Averse Agents: https://shorturl.at/DEBoq

A number of learning models have been suggested to analyze the repeated interaction of boundedly rational agents competing in oligopolistic markets. The agents form a model of the environment that they are competing in, which includes the market demand and price formation process, as well as their e...

04/12/2024

Please feel free to check our Special Issue "Game Theory in Economics: Recent Advances in Spatial Competition"

It is Guest Edited by Dr. Stefano Colombo
The deadline for paper submission is 28th of February 2025

We welcome you to contribute to this SI!

Please check the link for more information:

Special Issue in journal Games: Game Theory in Economics: Recent Advances in Spatial Competition

04/12/2024

Our Special Issue "Communication and Persuasion and Their Economic and Political Applications" closes on 24th of January 2025! It is Guest Edited by Prof. Dr. Ming Li and Prof. Dr. Arianna Degan

We welcome you to contribute to this SI!

Please check the link for more information:

Special Issue in journal Games: Communication and Persuasion and Their Economic and Political Applications

03/12/2024

Feel free to read our latest article, published in Games, MDPI: End Behavior of the Threshold Protocol Game on Complete and Bipartite Graphs

The threshold protocol game is a graphical game that models the adoption of an idea or product through a population. There are two states players may take in the game, and the goal of the game is to motivate the state that begins in the minority to spread to every player. Here, the threshold protoco...

28/11/2024

Feel free to read our latest article, published in Games, MDPI: A Stepwise Conflict Analysis Using the Graph Model

Information about decision-makers’ preferences is essential for the efficient modeling of a conflict. However, obtaining this information becomes more challenging as the size of the conflict increases. To address this issue, this study proposes a new approach to the option prioritizing method with...

28/11/2024

Feel free to read our latest article, published in Games, MDPI: Bayesian Fictitious Play in Oligopoly: The Case of Risk-Averse Agents

A number of learning models have been suggested to analyze the repeated interaction of boundedly rational agents competing in oligopolistic markets. The agents form a model of the environment that they are competing in, which includes the market demand and price formation process, as well as their e...

26/11/2024

Introducing Prof. Konstantinos Serfes, Drexel University, USA as our Session Chair for The 1st International Electronic Conference on Games (IECGA 2025)

Professor Konstantinos Serfes is a Professor of Economics in the School of Economics at LeBow College of Business at Drexel University. Prof. Serfes is also a Visiting Scholar at the Consumer Finance Institute of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and a Member of the Board of Directors at the Athens University of Economics and Business. His areas of specialization include Industrial Organization, Competition Policy, Game Theory, Microeconomics and Financial Economics.

Abstract submission is now OPEN. Participate in this premier electronic conference on game theory and present your research to leading researchers and practitioners.

Session topics:

1. Algorithmic, Computational and Applied Game Theory

2. Behavioral, Experimental, and Cooperative Game Theory and Bargaining

3. Learning, Evolution, Market Design and Auctions

4. Non-Cooperative and General Game Theory

To submit your abstract, please click on the following link: https://t.ly/gP5Xh

For more information, visit our website:
https://t.ly/SAaHd

Important Dates

Abstract Submission Deadline: 17 June 2025

Do remember to Register for FREE!