Game Theory with Applications in Operations Management

Provides comprehensive coverage of game theory and related solution concepts Integrates and structurally links the game-theoretic solution concepts with applications in operations and supply chain management

Offers commentary on new challenges in multi-agent settings of digitized manufacturing and services supply chains

Comprehensive coverage of game theory, related solution concepts & new challenges in multi-agent settings Combines game theory and mechanism design with critical operations and supply chain management applications Discusses contemporary topics like explainable AI, sustainability, and mobility from a game-theoretic lens

Autorentext

R K Amit is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India. Prior to this, he was a faculty in the Department of Industrial & Management Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. He completed his undergraduate studies at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, and his doctoral studies at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. His research and teaching interests are game theory and decision theory, and their application in management. His research has published in top-tier journals like European Journal of Operational Research, Operations Research Letters, International Journal of Production Economics, Omega, International Game Theory Review, Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management, and Journal of Cleaner Production. He is actively involved in sponsored and industry-relevant research with companies like Sabre, Renault Nissan, Tata Steel, and Societe Generale.

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Operations Management: A Curtain Raiser.- Chapter 2. Game Theory: Primitives and Representations.- Chapter 3. Games in Normal Form.- Chapter 4. Games in Normal Form: Applications in OM.- Chapter 5. Games in Extensive Form.- Chapter 6. Games in Extensive Form: Applications in OM.- Chapter 7. Games in Characteristic Form.- Chapter 8. Games in Characteristic Form: Applications in OM.- Chapter 9. Mechanism Design & Auctions.- Chapter 10. Mechanism Design & Auctions: Applications in OM.