Class Description

Course ID: A6

Unit: DATA SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING – Unit A: Algorithms and Information Technologies

Weekly Hours: 4

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ECTS Credits: 7

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Description:

Basics of Game Theory. Strategic (or normal-form) games. Extensive-form games. Zero-sum games, mixed strategies and best responses, dominating strategies, and solution concepts (e.g., Nash equilibria). Algorithms (and their complexity) for computing equilibria (e.g., Lemke-Howson, Shapley, etc.). Computational social choice. Efficient and/or truthful mechanisms for combinatorial auctions.