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Game Theory and Networks

By: Rense Corten & Vincent Buskens
In: Encyclopedia of Social Networks
Edited by: George A. Barnett
Subject:Group Processes/Dynamics, Social Networks

Game theory is a formal and mathematical tool to theorize about the behavior of actors in situations in which they are strategically interdependent. Such situations are referred to as games. Networks are one particular form to represent interdependence between actors and, ...

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  Corten, R., & Buskens, V. (2011). Game theory and networks. In G. A. Barnett (Ed.), Encyclopedia of social networks (Vol. 1, pp. 303-306). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412994170.n121
  
  Corten, Rense, and Vincent Buskens. "Game Theory and Networks." In Encyclopedia of Social Networks, edited by Barnett, George A., 303-6. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412994170.n121.
  
  Corten, R. and Buskens, V. 2011. Game Theory and Networks. In: George A. Barnett Editor, 2011. Encyclopedia of Social Networks, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 303-306 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412994170.n121> [Accessed 3 Mar 2021].
  
  Corten, Rense and Vincent Buskens. "Game Theory and Networks." Encyclopedia of Social Networks. Edited by George A. Barnett. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2011, pp. 303-6. SAGE Knowledge. 3 Mar 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412994170.n121.
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