Ever wonder how nodes are incentivized in a blockchain to ensure trust, consensus and cooperation in a system with no central authority? The answer lies in game theory, the mathematical study of ...

Game theory is the study of the interplay between motivations, outcomes, and interested parties in situations where players have something to gain or lose. Breaking down situations according to game ...

Game theory studies the decision-making and possible outcomes in games. For decades, it has been widely used in social and economic behavior analysis (but not only these areas). In our company, we’ve ...

What if I told you that social media isn’t just a chaotic swirl of memes, trends, and endless scrolling, but a carefully orchestrated battlefield where every post, like, and share is part of a larger ...

Daniel McNulty began writing for Investopedia in 2012. His work includes articles on financial analysis, asset allocation, and trading strategies. Michael Boyle is an experienced financial ...

Our November Insights puzzle set out three scenarios exploring how competition and cooperation are modeled in game theory and how they might actually interact in modifying the equilibrium between two ...

Social Impact graduate Andrew Kiproff used game theory principles to develop a new platform to aggregate, judge and reward social impact fundraising campaigns.