Course ORG: OR-Games

Time:	Monday 15.15 - 17.00 (February 25 – April 15 and April 29 - May 6)
Location:	Hans Freudenthalgebouw, Room 611AB, Budapestlaan, Utrecht (De Uithof).
Lecturers:	Prof.dr. H.J.M. Hamers (TiU)

Course description:
The aim of this course is to provide a general overview of the possibilities of analyzing various OR-situations from a game theoretic perspective. A large part of the course is motivated by the idea that joint OR- problems in which various decision makers are involved not only have an optimization aspect in generating e.g. minimal total joint costs but as an allocation aspect in dividing these costs back fairly to the individuals itself.
Global scheme:
- A global survey of relevant notions from both cooperative and non-cooperative game theory.
- Applications to bankruptcy, cost sharing, fixed and spanning tree, traveling salesman, Chinese postman, assignment, permutation, scheduling, lot sizing and inventory situations.

Literature:
Course material:
- Handouts will be provided during the course.
- Further reading: Curiel, I. (1997). Cooperative game theory and applications. Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Prerequisites:
The course is intended to be accessible without specific knowledge of game theory. For this aim the first part of the course will survey the game theoretical concepts that are needed.

Examination:
One final assignment to model and analyze a self-selected OR problem from a game theoretical perspective.

Addresses of the lecturers:
Prof.dr. H.J.M. Hamers
CentER for Economic Research, Tilburg University, P.O. Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg
Phone: 013 - 4662660
E-mail: h.j.m.hamers@uvt.nl