All the world’s a game, and all the men and women merely decision-makers interacting at varying degrees of rationality. Justin Grana plays several parts: A Santa Fe Institute researcher, an economist, ...

As we approach the fantasy playoffs, it’s a good time to revisit the ideas of Optimality and Game Theory. In Optimality, you’re always striving for the best possible outcome at the least possible cost ...

University of Maryland professor Thomas Schelling, one of the recent winners of the Nobel Prize for economics, discusses the field of game theory. In the late 1940s, Thomas Schelling worked as a ...

Arthur Chu, Jeopardy's latest and greatest star, has been everywhere since we covered his unorthodox tactics late last week. Between his out-of-order Daily Double hunting, his all-or-nothing approach ...