Another place to find extensive discussion of "real world" application of game theory and outcomes is to go look in the microeconomics section of your local campus bookstore (or Amazon or wherever). Game Theory's been extensively developed by economists (according to Wikipedia 8 Nobel economics prizes have been awarded for work on game theory), as it's used to model/understand both individual and competitive behaviour between firms.
That said, I don't really understand the direct applicability to managing an 80-node computer network. It might have some applicability if you were a behemoth in your industry, as competitors would be expected to react/counter anything you did. Cheers Ken -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kurt Buff Sent: Wednesday, 18 September 2013 9:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Think strategically, not tactically.. Two foundational books for intelligent laymen - one directly about game theory, the other in which game theory makes a major appearance: The Evolution of Cooperation, by Robert Axelrod The Selfish Gene, by Richard Dawkins Kurt On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 4:32 PM, Daniel Chenault <[email protected]> wrote: > Very much applicable to any problem-solving task. The name "game theory" does > not indicate a winning strategy for Call of Duty though it can be used for > that. For an intro google "the prisoner's dilemma." There are many good books > out there that go into much more detail. > > On Sep 17, 2013, at 17:15, "Ben Scott" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 5:03 PM, Daniel Chenault <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Have you looked into game theory as a problem-solving tool? >> >> No... not yet, anyway. >> >>> It works pretty well to help cut through a complex situation. >> >> Really. Interesting. Applicable to IT, you think? >> >> -- Ben
