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P.E.M. Borm


Hoogleraar Mathematics and Game Theory

Tilburg School of Economics and Management
Department of Econometrics and Operations Research

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Expertise

Peter Borm is Professor in Mathematics and Game Theory at Tilburg University. His research interests are: cooperative and non-cooperative game theory, game practice, games of skill and games of chance, operations research.

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Publications

Principal publications
  • F. Cruijssen, P. Borm, H. fleuren and H. Hamers: Supplier-initiated outsourcing: a methodology to exploit synergy in transportation. European Journal of Operational Research, 207, 763-774, 2010.
  • P. Borm, A. Estevez-Fernandez and G.Fiestras-Janeiro: Competitive environments and protective behaviour. Games and Economic Behavior, 67, 245-252, 2009
  • R. Lindelauf, P. Borm and H. Hamers: The influence of secrecy on the communication structure of covert networks. Social Networks, 31, 126-137, 2009
  • Y. Ju and P. Borm: Externalities and compensation: primeval games and solutions. Journal of Mathematical Economics, 44, 367-382, 2008.
  • A. Estevez-Fernandez, M.Mosquera, P.Borm and H. Hamers: Proportionate flowshop games. Journal of scheduling, 11, 433-447, 2008.

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Education

Gymnasium B: June 5, 1981, Reijnaert college, Hulst

Master of Mathematics (cum laude): May 29, 1986, Radboud University Nijmegen

PhD in Mathematics: "On game theoretic models and solution concepts", September 13, 1990, Radboud University Nijmegen

PhD Advisor: Prof.dr. S.H. Tijs

Career

August 1990-December 1991: Assistant professor in statistics, Tilburg University

January 1992-December 1996: Assistant professor in mathematics, Tilburg University

January 1997-August 2001: Associate professor in mathematics, Tilburg University

September 2001-: Professor in mathematics and game theory, Tilburg University

July 2002-February 2008: Head of Department, Department of Econometrics and Operations Research, Tilburg University

Publications

Principal publications
  • F. Cruijssen, P. Borm, H. fleuren and H. Hamers: Supplier-initiated outsourcing: a methodology to exploit synergy in transportation. European Journal of Operational Research, 207, 763-774, 2010.
  • P. Borm, A. Estevez-Fernandez and G.Fiestras-Janeiro: Competitive environments and protective behaviour. Games and Economic Behavior, 67, 245-252, 2009
  • R. Lindelauf, P. Borm and H. Hamers: The influence of secrecy on the communication structure of covert networks. Social Networks, 31, 126-137, 2009
  • Y. Ju and P. Borm: Externalities and compensation: primeval games and solutions. Journal of Mathematical Economics, 44, 367-382, 2008.
  • A. Estevez-Fernandez, M.Mosquera, P.Borm and H. Hamers: Proportionate flowshop games. Journal of scheduling, 11, 433-447, 2008.

Click here for the extended list of publications PDF

External accreditation

  • Coordination of the informal network 'Game Practice and Economic Behavior' between the game theory groups of Universities in Tilburg, Maastricht, Barcelona, Santiago de Compostela, Bilbao, Genova and Napoli, which is also organizing three Game Practice conferences: Genua 1998, Valencia 2000, Tilburg 2002
  • Organizer of the international conference 'Advances in game theory and related topics' joint with Game Practice III, June 23-25, 2002, Hilvarenbeek
  • Editor (with H. Peters) of the book 'Chapters in Game Theory' in honor of Stef Tijs, Theory and Decision Library, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002
  • Associate Editor International Game Theory Review. (2002 -)
  • Associate Editor Mathematical Methods of Operations Research (2002 -)
  • Associate Editor TOP (2004-)
  • Editor (with J. Sanchez-Soriano and F. Patrone) of a special issue of AOR (2007)
  • Country representative of SING: the Spanish, Italian, Netherlands Game Theory Society
  • Member of several PhD committees: Aarhus, Santiago de Compostela, Prague, Barcelone, Amsterdam, Enschede, Nijmegen, Eindhoven, Maastricht

Invited lectures as from 2000:

 

  • "Linear production, Public Networks and Bankruptcy": September 26, 2000. Workshop in honour of doctorate h.c. S.H. Tijs, Miguel Hernandez University, Elche, Spain.
  • Deficiency games: November 8, 2000. Seminar, Miguel Hernandez University, Elche, Spain.
  • Informationally robust equilibria: December 20, 2001. Seminar, University of La Coruna, La Coruna, Spain.
  • Compromise stable TU-games: July 21, 2003. Seminar, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
  • The consensus value: November 8, 2004. Seminar, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
  • On informationally robust and fall back equilibria for bimatrix games: June 17, 2006, SING 2 (Spain, Italy, Netherlands meeting on Game Theory), Foggia, Italy.
  • Compromise stability and extended bankruptcy rules: May 11, 2007, Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
  • Compromise stability and extended bankruptcy rules: May 16, 2007, Keele University, Keele, England
  • Fall-back equilibria: May 27, York University, York, England

 

Research supervision

PhD supervision

Gert Jan Otten: On decision making in cooperative situations; March 24, 1995

Vincent Feltkamp: Cooperation in controlled network structures; May 4, 1995

Herbert Hamers: Sequencing and delivery situations: a game theoretic approach; September 29, 1995

Jeroen Suijs: Cooperative decision making in a stochastic environment; March 27, 1998

Maurice Koster: Cost sharing in production situations and network exploitation; December 13, 1999

Mark Voorneveld: Potential games and interactive decisions with multiple criteria; December 21, 1999

Judith Timmer: Cooperative behaviour, uncertainty and Operations Research; September 28, 2001

Ruud Hendrickx: Cooperation and allocation, June 4, 2004

Yuan Ju: Cooperation, compensation and transition, December 15, 2004

Bas van Velzen: Cooperation in networks and scheduling, September 16, 2005

Marcel Dreef: Skill and strategy in games, September 30, 2005

Marieke Quant: Interactive behavior in conflict situations, September 8, 2006

Arantza Estevez-Fernandez: Cooperative behavior, competition and Operations Research, September 29, 2006

Emiliya Lazarova: Stability, governance and effectiveness: Essays on the service economy, December 20, 2006.

Baris Ciftci: A cooperative approach to sequencing and connection problems, December 4, 2009.

John Kleppe: Modelling interactive behaviour, and solution concepts, January 22, 2010.

 

 

Current PhD students

Roy Lindelauf, Edwin Lohmann, Soesja Grundel, Mirjam Groote Schaarsberg

 

Teaching

Teaching experience

- Statistics for Econometrics & OR

- Analysis for Econometrics & OR

- Mathematics for Economics, International Business, Business Studies and economics

- (Statistical) decision theory for Econometrics & OR

- Game theory and Advanced game theory for Econometrics & OR

- Advanced analysis (Lebesgue integration) for Econometrics & OR

- Advanced probability (martingales) for Econometrics & OR

- Game theory courses for Mathematics (University of Utrecht)

- Cooperative game theory for PhD students of the LNMB-network

- Operations Research games for PhD students of the LNMB-network

- Game theory courses for PhD students of the NAKE-network

- Games and Cooperative Behavior for Econometrics and OR

- Games and Economic Behavior for econometrics and OR

Lecture notes or textbooks developed

  • Advanced analysis
  • Advanced probability
  • Statistical Decision Theory
  • Game theory and Advanced Game theory
  • Cooperative Game Theory
  • Noncooperative Game theory
  • Linear and dynamical systems, Optimization and Games (with Edwin van Dam, Herbert Hamers and Henk Norde: Pearson Education Limited)
  • Linear and Dynamical Systems (with Marieke Quant)

Awards

  • Best teacher EOR 1998/1999
  • Best teacher EOR 2005/2006
  • Best Course Award 2004 (Faculty of Economics and Business Administration): Game Theory


P.E.M. Borm teaches the following subjects:

Contact details
Room K 511
PO Box 90153
5000 LE Tilburg 
Phone+31 13 466 3026
Secretary+31 13 466 2430
Fax +31 13 466 3280
Email p.e.m.borm@uvt.nl

Hoogleraar Mathematics and Game Theory
Tilburg School of Economics and Management
Department of Econometrics and Operations Research

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