Cooperative game theory

Lectures on cooperative game theory [NOPT057] in summer semester 2024/2025. Lectures take place every Tuesday 14:00 in S1 on Malostranské square, tutorials take place every Thursday 17:20 in S10 on Malostranské 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)

Overview of lectures and study materials

Date: Description of lectures Slides Handouts
18.2.2025 Introduction to cooperative game theory here here
25.2.2025 The core here here