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Puduru Viswanadha Reddy

Date of PhD defense: 18 November 2011
Title of thesis: Essays on Dynamic Games
ISBN: 978 90 5668 301 6
Promotor: Prof.dr. Hans Schumacher
Co-promotor: Dr. Jacob Engwerda

Abstract:

Dynamic game theory captures multi person decision making situations that occur in time. This thesis is a collection of four independent topics within the field of dynamic games. Chapter 2 deals with the concept of Pareto optimality in infinite horizon cooperative differential games. Chapter 3 proposes conditions for the existence of non-cooperative solutions when the agents’ interaction environment is modelled using differential algebraic equations. Chapter 4 deals with time aspects in coalitional games. In particular, robust allocation schemes are designed for a class of coalitional games. Finally, chapter 5 deals with optimal management and differential games in the presence of threshold effects.

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