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Games of Strategy: Theory and Applications, originally published by Prentice Hall in 1961, was written by Melvin Dresher, a RAND research mathematician, during the heyday of Game Theory at RAND. This book introduced readers to the basic concepts of game theory and its applications for military, economic, and political problems, as well as its usefulness in decisionmaking in business, operations research, and behavioral science. More than forty years after its first publication as a RAND research study, and to celebrate RAND’s 60th Anniversary, RAND is proud to bring this classic work back into print in paperback and digital formats.
Table of Contents
Chapter One
Game, Strategy, and Saddle-Point
Chapter Two
The Fundamental Theorem
Chapter Three
Properties of Optimal Strategies
Chapter Four
Games in Extensive Form
Chapter Five
Methods of Solving Games
Chapter Six
Games with Infinite Number of Strategies
Chapter Seven
Solution of Infinite Games
Chapter Eight
Games with Convex Payoff Functions
Chapter Nine
Games of Timing — Duels
Chapter Ten
Tactical Air-War Game
Chapter Eleven
Infinite Games with Separable Payoff Functions
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