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1	Game Theory and Politics more books like this by Steven J Brams add to wishlist This illuminating and instructive survey demonstrates both the insights and the pitfalls that result from applying game theoretic models to the analysis of problems in political science. Using real-life examples, it shows how game theory can explain and elucidate complex political situations, from warfare to presidential vetoes. 1975 edition. 24 ... see all copies from $7.50! first editions
2	Biblical Games: Game Theory and the Hebrew Bible more books like this by Steven J Brams add to wishlist In this book Steven Brams applies the mathematical theory of games to the Hebrew Bible. Brams's thesis is that God and the human biblical characters acted rationally - that is, given their preferences and their knowledge of other players' preferences, they made strategy choices that led to the best attainable outcomes. Beginning with the Creation ... see all copies from $17.71! new only from $17.71! \| SVS
3	Approval voting more books like this by Steven J. Brams, Peter C. Fishburn add to wishlist Many benefits of approval voting are its propensity to elect the majority candidate, its relative invulnerability to insincere or strategic voting, and a probable increase in voter turnout. This book presents a simple and logical potential electoral reform. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Presidential Election Game more books like this by Steven J Brams add to wishlist "The Presidential Election Game" may change the way you think about presidential elections and, for that matter, American politics in general. It is not filled with statistics about the voting behavior of citizens, nor does it give detailed histories of past campaigns. Rather, it is an analytic treatment of strategy in the race for the presidency, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $26.31! \| first editions
5	The Win/Win Solution: Guaranteeing Fair Shares to Everybody more books like this by Steven J Brams, Alan D Taylor add to wishlist This work is intended as a tool for securing a satisfying, even gratifying, outcome to difficult and complex negotiations. It facilitates the equitable and efficient division of a contested set of goods and the settlement of a dispute without time-consuming haggling or an expensive lawsuit. It removes the risk of one of the parties losing to a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Fair Division: From Cake-Cutting to Dispute Resolution more books like this by Steven J Brams, Alan D Taylor add to wishlist Cutting a cake, dividing up the property in an estate, determining the borders in an international dispute - such problems of fair division are ubiquitous. Fair Division treats all these problems and many more through a rigorous analysis of a variety of procedures for allocating goods (or 'bads' like chores), or deciding who wins on what issues, ... see all copies from $13.02! new only from $30.00! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Theory of Moves more books like this by Steven J Brams add to wishlist Steven J. Brams' Theory of Moves, though based on the classical theory of games, proposes changes in its rules to render it a truly dynamic theory. By postulating that players think ahead not just to the immediate consequences of making moves, but also to the consequences of countermoves to these moves, counter-countermoves, and so on, it extends ... see all copies from $13.04! new only from $34.95! \| SVS
8	Superior Beings: If They Exist, How Would We Know?: Game-Theoretic Implications of Omniscience, Omnipotence, Immortality, and Incomprehensibility more books like this by Steven J Brams add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $31.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Mathematics and Democracy: Designing Better Voting and Fair-Division Procedures more books like this by Steven J Brams add to wishlist Voters today often desert a preferred candidate for a more viable second choice to avoid wasting their vote. Likewise, parties to a dispute often find themselves unable to agree on a fair division of contested goods. In "Mathematics and Democracy", Steven Brams, a leading authority in the use of mathematics to design decision-making processes, ... see all copies from $27.95! new only from $27.95!
10	Superior Beings: If They Exist, How Would We Know? more books like this by Steven J Brams add to wishlist The central question posed in this book is: If there existed a superior being who possessed the supernatural qualities of omniscience, omnipotence, immortality, and incomprehensibility, how would he/she act differently from us? The mathematical theory of games is used to define each of these qualities, and different assumptions about the rules of ... see all copies from $18.48! new only from $18.49! \| SVS
11	Negotiation Games more books like this by Steven J Brams add to wishlist The concept of negotiation is critical to coping with all manner of strategic problems that arise in the everyday dealings that people have with each other and organizations. Game theory illustrates this to the full and shows how these problems can be solved. This is a revised edition of a classic book and uses some wonderfully adroit case studies ... see all copies from $9.50! new only from $175.75!
12 view cover	Paradoxes in Politics: An Introduction to the Nonobvious in Political Science more books like this by Steven J Brams add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.39! \| SVS
13 view cover	Negotiation Games: Applying Game Theory to Bargaining and Arbitration more books like this by Steven J Brams add to wishlist The concept of negotiation is critical to coping with all manner of strategic problems that arise in the everyday dealings that people have with each other and organizations. Game theory illustrates this to the full and shows how these problems can be solved. This is a revised edition of a classic book and uses some wonderfully adroit case studies ... see all copies from $58.04! new only from $58.04! \| SVS
14	Biblical Games: A Strategic Analysis of Stories in the Old Testament more books like this by Steven J Brams add to wishlist "In his fascinating book 'Biblical Games,' Professor Brams explores the nature of God by analyzing the serpent's temptation of Eve, Cain's murder of Abel and other biblical tales." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $193.04! \| signed copies \| first editions
15	Superpower Games: Applying Game Theory to Superpower Conflict more books like this by Steven J Brams add to wishlist see all copies from $3.60! first editions
16 view cover	Game Theory and National Security more books like this by Steven J Brams add to wishlist In this path-breaking theoretical work, political scientist Steven Brams and mathematician Mark Kilgour show how game theory can be applied to the rigorous development and thoughtful analysis of several critical problems that afflict the security of nations, from the deterrence of foes who might launch attacks, to the stabilization of crises that ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $59.94! \| SVS
17	Rational Politics: Decisions, Games, and Strategy more books like this by Steven J Brams add to wishlist see all copies from $29.99!
18	Applied game theory : proceedings of a conference at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, June 13-16, 1978 more books like this by Steven J. Brams, A. Schotter, Gerhard Schwödiauer add to wishlist see all copies from $99.00!
19	Spatial Models of Election Competition more books like this by Steven J Brams add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
20 view cover	Biblical Games: Game Theory and the Hebrew Bible more books like this by Steven J Brams add to wishlist BACK IN PRINT with a new preface and a new chapter see all copies from $94.00!

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