The game theory of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies analyzes the behavior and strategies of participants in the market using concepts such as the prisoner’s dilemma. Game theory is a mathematical ...

Game theory helps investors predict outcomes in markets where decisions impact each other. Understanding game theory equips investors to strategically anticipate market actions. Game theory-informed ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Thomas J. Brock is a CFA and CPA with more ...

If natural selection is survival of the fittest, why isn't everything a competition? Cooperation and competition have a fitness face off in game theory. Evolutionary games are often visually ...

A recent solution to the prisoner’s dilemma, a classic game theory scenario, has created new puzzles in evolutionary biology. Press and Dyson’s new solution to the problem, however, threw that rosy ...

Princeton's John Nash earned the Nobel prize in economics for his work in game theory, a method of strategic thinking. Nash was portrayed by Russell Crowe in the 2001 movie A Beautiful Mind.