Combinatorial Games: Tic-Tac-Toe Theory

by Jozsef Beck

Book Overview

Traditional game theory has been successful at developing strategy in games of incomplete information: when one player knows something that the other does not. But it has little to say about games of complete information, for example, tic-tac-toe, solitaire and hex. The main challenge of combinatorial game theory is to handle combinatorial chaos, where brute force study is impractical. In this comprehensive volume, J zsef Beck shows readers how to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521184754
• ISBN13: 9780521184755
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 750 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.0"