Game theory got its start with the work of John von Neumann in the 1920s, which culminated in his book with Oskar Morgenstern. They studied "zero-sum" games where the interests of two players were ...

Originally developed by John von Neumann to study poker, chess, and other games, game theory analyzes complex situations in which the best strategy of one player depends on the actions of another.

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. John von Neumann — the man who created game theory, advanced many branches of mathematics and physics, and did ...

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His work on game theory underpins the modern world ... The Visionary Life of John von Neumann (Allen Lane, 2021). Produced by BBC Studios Audio in partnership with The Open University.

Dantzig Prize in 2012 from the Mathematical Optimization Society and the 2017 John von Neumann Theory Prize of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). A team led ...