Schedule

Tuesday Thursday
Week 1 Jan 20: Syllabus, 1. Introduction Jan 22: 2. Simultaneous Games
Week 2 Jan 27: Homework 1 due, 2. Simultaneous Games Jan 29: 2. Simultaneous Games
Week 3 Feb 3: Example for a complex Simultaneous Game: Some Location Games Feb 5: Homework 2 due, 3. Sequential Games I:
Week 4 Feb 10: Example for a complex Sequential Game: Sequential Location Games Feb 12: 4. Probability
Week 5 Feb 17: Homework 3 due, 4. Probability, Feb 19: Midterm I, 4. Probability
Week 6 Feb 24: DMA Soccer I Feb 26: DMA Soccer I
Week 7 March 3: 5. Sequential Games II: Perfect Information but Randomness March 5: Homework 4 due, Sequential Quiz Show
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10 March 24: 5. Sequential Games II: Perfect Information but Randomness March 26: Mini Blackjack and Card Counting I
Week 11 March 31: Mini Blackjack and Card Counting I April 2: 6. Extensive Form of General Games
Week 12 Homework 5 due April 9: 7. Normal Form and Strategies
Week 13 April 14: 7. Normal Form and Strategies, Midterm II, April 16: 8. Mixed Strategies
Week 14 April 21: 8. Mixed Strategies April 23: 8. Mixed Strategies
Week 15 April 28: Open Business, Homework 6/7 due April 30: Open Business,
Week 16 May 5: Review, optional Homework 8 due
Final Week May 12: Final, 11:00-13:00
  1. Syllabus, 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Simultaneous Games
  3. Homework 1 due, 2. Simultaneous Games
  4. 2. Simultaneous Games
  5. Example for a complex simultaneous game: Some Location Games
  6. Homework 2 due, 3. Sequential Games I:
  7. Example for a sequential game: Sequential Location Games
  8. Computer Lab: Using Excel I
  9. Homework 3 due, 4. Probability
  10. Midterm I: Chapters 1,2,3., 4. Probability
  11. 4. Probability
  12. Example for a simultaneous game with randomness: DMA Soccer I
  13. 5. Sequential Games II: Perfect Information but Randomness
  14. Homework 4 due, Example for a simultaneous game with randomness: Sequential Quiz Show
  15. 5. Sequential Games II: Perfect Information but Randomness
  16. Example for a sequential game with randomness: Mini Blackjack and Card Counting I
  17. Homework 5 due, 6. Extensive Form of General Games
  18. Open Business
  19. 7. Normal Form and Strategies
  20. Midterm II: Chapters 4,5,6, 7. Normal Form and Strategies
  21. 8. Mixed Strategies
  22. Homework 6/7 due, Computer Lab: Using Excel II
  23. 8. Mixed Strategies
  24. Example for a game with mixed strategies: Airport Shuttle
  25. Open Business
  26. Open Business