Cooperative game theory

Lectures on cooperative game theory [NOPT057] in summer semester 2023/2024. Takes place every Friday 12:20 in S3 on Malostranké square.

I am teaching together with prof. Martin Loebl.

The main goal of the course is to introduce fundamentals of cooperative game theory. In the second part, we losely follows topics from [NDMI098] Algorithmic game theory, focusing on concepts of fairness and cooperation.

Plan of lectures:

  • Fundamentals of cooperative game theory (cca 6 lectures)
  • Concepts of fairness (2-3 lectures)
  • Routing games (1-2 lectures)
  • Price of anarchy and regret minimisation (1-2 lectures)

The lectures are losely connected to [NOPT060] Cooperative game theory seminar (in Czech, only), focused on formulation and solving of open problems in cooperative game theory.

Overview of lectures and study materials

Date: Description of lectures Slides Handouts
1.3.2024 Introduction to cooperative game theory here here
8.3.2024 Cancelled here here
1.3.-15.3.2024 The core here here
15.3.2024 The nucleolus here here
22.3.2024 The Shapley value here here
29.3.2024 Good friday here here
5.4.2024 Classes of games here here
12.4.2024 Generalised models of cooperative games here here
19.4.2024 NTU-cooperative games (pages 71-76 in the linked book) here here
26.4.2024 Fairness here here
3.5.2024 Cancelled here here