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From: carnes@gargoyle.UUCP (Richard Carnes)
Newsgroups: net.politics.theory
Subject: Re: Prisoners Dilemma Query
Message-ID: <278@gargoyle.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 16-Dec-85 19:09:11 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 16 19:09:11 1985
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Reply-To: carnes@gargoyle.UUCP (Richard Carnes)
Organization: U. of Chicago, Computer Science Dept.
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Summary: 

By far the most important book on game and decision theory is *Games
and Decisions* by Luce and Raiffa.  Chapter 2 is indispensable since
it provides an axiomatization of the concept of von Neumann -
Morgenstern utilities, which is at the basis of game theory.  Game
theory is a misnomer for the theory of interdependent choice-making.
It deals with situations in which the choice or payoff of each
affects the choice or payoff of all, and vice versa.  
-- 
Richard Carnes, ihnp4!gargoyle!carnes