Game theory and applications
Licentiate thesis, 2021
Nevertheless, game theory is well suited for the unification of these viewpoints.
This thesis introduces the works The strength of diversity and Decisions and disease: a mechanism for the evolution of cooperation, which show that games have broad applications in population dynamics modeling.
In The strength of diversity we calculate the equilibrium strategies of the so-called game of teams.
The game of teams is an individual-level competition between teams, and a team's strategy in this context is a distribution of strength over the team members.
It turns out that the equilibrium strategies are flat distributions or 'alternating' flat distributions whenever there exists equilibrium strategies.
In Decisions and disease: a mechanism for the evolution of cooperation we combine the classic SIR and SIS models from epidemiology with the prisoner's dilemma game.
The transmission rate is computed as the average over defecting and cooperating individuals, and the individuals are subjected to a replicator equation that takes into account the portion of infectious members of the population.
We compute the steady state solutions and interpret the results.
non-cooperative game theory
prisoner's dilemma
disease
distribution
compartmental model
epidemiological model
game theory
equilibrium strategy
Author
Carl-Joar Karlsson
Chalmers, Mathematical Sciences, Analysis and Probability Theory
Rowlett, J., Karlsson, C. & Nursultanov, M. (2021). The strength of diversity. https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.04054v2
Decisions and disease: a mechanism for the evolution of cooperation
Scientific Reports,;Vol. 10(2020)
Journal article
Roots
Basic sciences
Subject Categories
Other Mathematics
Probability Theory and Statistics
Discrete Mathematics
Mathematical Analysis
Publisher
Chalmers
Euler, Skeppsgränd 3
Opponent: Alessandro Bravetti, IIMAS, Universidad Nacional Autonoma, Mexico City