Conflict Quote by Anatol Rapoport

Game theory is a branch of, originally, applied mathematics, used mostly in economics and political science, a little bit in biology, that gives us…

— Colin Camerer

I think game theory creates ideas that are important in solving and approaching conflict in general.

— Robert Aumann

Although the drama of games of strategy is strongly linked with the psychological aspects of the conflict, game theory is not concerned with these…

— Anatol Rapoport

Whether game theory leads to clear-cut solutions, to vague solutions, or to impasses, it does achieve one thing. In bringing techniques of logical and…

— Anatol Rapoport

A game is a system in which players engage in an artificial conflict, defined by rules, that results in a quantifiable outcome.

— Katie Salen

"Interactive Decision Theory" would perhaps be a more descriptive name for the discipline usually called Game Theory.

— Robert Aumann

I use game theory to help myself understand conflict situations and opportunities.

— Thomas Schelling

A thorough understanding of game theory, should dim these greedy hopes. Knowledge of game theory does not make one a better card player, businessman…

— Anatol Rapoport

“But game theory only works when the rules are clearly set out ahead of time. In the Nash bargaining game here, neither of the…

— Jeffery Deaver

Game theory, however, deals only with the way in which ultrasmart, all knowing people should behave in competitive situations, and has little to say…

— Howard Raiffa

“systems theory or, as some people might call it, complexity theory? The simplest explanation is that it is the study of interactions.”

— Rich Jolly

General Systems Theory is a name which has come into use to describe a level of theoretical model-building which lies somewhere between the highly…

— Kenneth E. Boulding