AN INTRODUCTION TO LINEAR PROGRAMMING AND GAME THEORY

This textbook provides, at an introductory level, a development of some of the theoretical concepts and computational techniques of linear programming and game theory; it also offers some discussion on the applications of these topics in the social life, and managerial sciences. Closely related to this development, it presents an introduction to the process of mathematical model building, which is discussed in two distinct settings. The chapters on linear programming contain various examples of real-word situations involving a single decision maker faced with some sort of deterministic (except in Section 7.4) optimization problem. In the two chapters on game theory the emphasis is on the development of a different type of model, a model of a conflict situation involving two participants wit opposing interests.