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Subgame Consistent Cooperation

A Comprehensive Treatise

  • Provides a comprehensive coverage of subgame consistent cooperation
  • Presents solution techniques for complex subgame consistent cooperation
  • Equips readers to design sustainable collaboration plans
  • Illustrates applications in business, environmental study and public goods provision
  • Enriches the study of cooperative dynamic games

Part of the book series: Theory and Decision Library C (TDLC, volume 47)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Introduction

    • David W. K. Yeung, Leon A. Petrosyan
    Pages 1-12
  3. Continuous-Time Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
    2. Subgame Consistent Cooperative Solution in Differential Games

      • David W. K. Yeung, Leon A. Petrosyan
      Pages 15-51
    3. Subgame Consistent Cooperation in Stochastic Differential Games

      • David W. K. Yeung, Leon A. Petrosyan
      Pages 53-84
    4. Subgame Consistency Under Asynchronous Players’ Horizons

      • David W. K. Yeung, Leon A. Petrosyan
      Pages 107-133
    5. Subgame Consistent Cooperative Solution in NTU Differential Games

      • David W. K. Yeung, Leon A. Petrosyan
      Pages 135-161
  4. Discrete-Time Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163
    2. Subgame Consistent Cooperative Solution in Dynamic Games

      • David W. K. Yeung, Leon A. Petrosyan
      Pages 165-199
    3. Subgame Consistent Cooperative Solution in Random Horizon Dynamic Games

      • David W. K. Yeung, Leon A. Petrosyan
      Pages 201-222
    4. Subgame Consistency in Randomly-Furcating Cooperative Stochastic Dynamic Games

      • David W. K. Yeung, Leon A. Petrosyan
      Pages 223-250
    5. Subgame Consistency in NTU Cooperative Dynamic Games

      • David W. K. Yeung, Leon A. Petrosyan
      Pages 285-317
  5. Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 319-319
    2. Applications in Cooperative Public Goods Provision

      • David W. K. Yeung, Leon A. Petrosyan
      Pages 321-369
    3. Collaborative Environmental Management

      • David W. K. Yeung, Leon A. Petrosyan
      Pages 371-404
    4. Cooperation with Technology Switching

      • David W. K. Yeung, Leon A. Petrosyan
      Pages 405-437
    5. Applications in Business Collaboration

      • David W. K. Yeung, Leon A. Petrosyan
      Pages 439-494
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 495-520

About this book

Strategic behavior in the human and social world has been increasingly recognized in theory and practice. It is well known that non-cooperative behavior could lead to suboptimal or even highly undesirable outcomes. Cooperation suggests the possibility of obtaining socially optimal solutions and the calls for cooperation are prevalent in real-life problems. Dynamic cooperation cannot be sustainable if there is no guarantee that the agreed upon optimality principle at the beginning is maintained throughout the cooperation duration. It is due to the lack of this kind of guarantees that cooperative schemes fail to last till its end or even fail to get started. The property of subgame consistency in cooperative dynamic games and the corresponding solution mechanism resolve this “classic” problem in game theory.

            This book is a comprehensive treatise on subgame consistent dynamic cooperation covering the up-to-date state of the art analyses in this important topic. It sets out to provide the theory, solution techniques and applications of subgame consistent cooperation in a wide spectrum of paradigms for analysis which includes cooperative dynamic game models with stochastic state dynamics, with uncertain future payoffs, with asynchronous players’ horizons, with random cooperation duration, with control spaces switching and with transferable and nontransferable payoffs. The book would be a significant research reference text for researchers in game theory, economists, applied mathematicians, policy-makers, corporate decision-makers, and graduate students in applied mathematics, game theory, decision sciences, economics and management sciences.

Reviews

       “As a researcher in game theory and strategic relationships, I found this book a pioneering, fundamental and comprehensive treatise on dynamic cooperation theory and applications. The seminal concept of cooperative subgame consistency originated by the authors was expounded and applied in many scenarios and practical applications. It is not only an excellent reference but a classic to be of the field. With growing issues involving subgame inconsistency in intertemporal cooperation regionally and globally -- like global climate change treaties, Brexit, nuclear war threats, internal trade agreements – the book is deemed to be a must read for researchers and policy-makers. The book is truly a signal publication in mathematical and economic sciences with contributions deserving the award of world top prizes.” (Professor Sardar M N Islam, Professor of Business, Economics and Finance, College of Business Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia)      

Authors and Affiliations

  • SRS Consortium for Advanced Study, Hong Kong Shue Yan University SRS Consortium for Advanced Study, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    David W.K. Yeung

  • app.20, Saint-Petersburg State University app.20, St.Petersburg, Russia

    Leon A. Petrosyan

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Buying options

eBook USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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