Ask HN: Have you ever used Game Theory in a real-life problem/project?

Posted by bhnmmhmd on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @12:32PM
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Game theory is interesting, but I'm wondering whether it can really be used in real-life projects?

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Re:Ask HN: Have you ever used Game Theory in a real-life pro... by danieltillett on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @12:48AM (#16013146)

The reason why you are having a problem finding practical uses of game theory is for some strange reason economists have decided to call the whole field Mechanism Design [0]. Once you know the right term to use you will find lots of examples.

0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanism_design

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Re:Ask HN: Have you ever used Game Theory in a real-life pro... by JPLeRouzic on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @01:11PM (#16009868)

Some smart people are using game theory to mitigate cancer acquired resistance to drugs:

https://github.com/cunninghamjj/Applying-evolutionary-princi...

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Re:Ask HN: Have you ever used Game Theory in a real-life pro... by png_hero on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @12:38PM (#16009634)

Comes up all the time in business decision making.

Adverse Selection

Principal/Agent

Pareto

BATNA

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