xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF DYNAMIC GAMES E-LETTER, issue No. 16, 10 January 1995 Edited by Raimo P. Hamalainen and Harri Ehtamo Systems Analysis Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology ISDG@HUT.FI xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Dear Dynamic Game Theorist, This is the sixteenth issue of the Society's electronic newsletter. The basic minimum work principle in editing this e-letter is that the READERS send important notes and information about symposia, conferences and workshops of dynamic games, as well as abstracts of Ph.D. theses, papers and books, which they want to be included in the newsletter. The format is described below. 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This info block should be sent to ISDG at HUT.FI xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Contributed by Tamer Basar December 22 NEW PUBLICATION Title: Dynamic Noncooperative Game Theory (Second Edition -- Paperback) Authors: Tamer Basar and Geert Jan Olsder Date: 1995 (available now) Publisher: Academic Press (ISBN 0-12-080221-X) - From the Back Cover - This is the second edition of "Dynamic Noncooperative Game Theory", which was first published in 1982, and presents an extensive and updated treatment of static and dynamic noncooperative game theory, with emphasis placed again (as in the first edition) on the interplay between dynamic information patterns and the structural properties of several different types of equilibria. There are three main reasons for this new edition: the favourable reception accorded to the first edition; the need to include new theoretical developments; and the fact that the topic of dynamic games has found its way into the curricula of many universities. This new edition contains some substantial changes and additions, but the flavour and the theme of the original text remain intact. Part I of the book covers the material that is generally taught in an advanced undergraduate or first-year graduate course on noncooperative game theory. The coverage includes static finite and infinite games of both the zero-sum and nonzero-sum type, and in the latter case both Nash and Stackelberg solution concepts are discussed. Part II extends the theory of the first part to infinite dynamic games in both discrete and continuous time, with the emphasis again being on the close interrelation between information patterns and noncooperative equilibria of such multi-person dynamic decision problems. This part of the book will be extremely useful in providing researchers in the field with the state-of-art in infinite dynamic game theory; selected topics could also be used as a part of a graduate course on dynamic optimisation, optimal control theory or mathematical economics. The book contains several illustrative examples and exercises, and has an extensive list of references. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Contributed by L.Petrosjan October 31 INTERNATIONAL YEAR-BOOK OF GAME THEORY AND APPLICATIONS VOL. 2, 1994 New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 1994. Russian Academy of Sciences, 1994. -105 p. EDITORIAL BOARD Co-Chairs: L.A. Petrosjan Department of Applied Mathematics St. Petersburg University Universitetskaya nab., 7/9 St. Petersburg, Russia V.V. Mazalov Institute of Natural Resources Russian Academy of Sciences Butina, 26 Chita, Russia Editors: T. Basar Coordinated Science Laboratory University of Illinois Urbana, Illinois, USA N.N. Danilov Department of Mathematics Kemerovo University Kemerovo, Russia A.F. Kleimenov Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics Russian Academy of Sciences Ekaterinburg, Russia G.J. Olsder Department of Mathematics University of Technology Delft, the Netherlands V.V. Zakharov Department of Applied Mathematics St. Petersburg University St. Petersburg, Russia L.D. Berkovitz Department of Mathematics Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana, USA N.L. Grigorenko Department of Cybernetics M. Lomonosov University Moscow, Russia M.S. Nikolsky Computer Center Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow, Russia N. Satimov Department of Mathematics Tashkent University Tashkent, Uzbekistan G.V. Tomsky Department of Mathematics Saha University Yakutsk, Russia CONTENTS TWO-PERSON STOPPING GAMES WITH PRIORITY FOR ONE OF THE PLAYERS (E.Z. Ferenstein) ONE APPROACH TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF TIME CONSISTENT OPTIMALITY PRINCIPLES IN N-PERSON DIFFERENTIAL GAMES (D.V. Kuzutin) SINGLE-SECTOR STOCHASTIC MODEL OF ECONOMICS WITH PERFECT COMPETITION (O.A. Malafeyev and S.A. Nemnyugin) GAME-THEORETIC MODEL OF PREFERENCE (V.V. Mazalov) GAME-THEORETIC MODELS OF TECHNOLOGY CARTELS (M.L. Petit and B. Tolwinski) INTEGRAL AND DIFFERENTIAL PRINCIPLES IN N-PERSON DIFFERENTIAL GAMES (L.A. Petrosjan) INFORMATION STRUCTURES AND PERFECT INFORMATION IN SIMPLE EXCHANGE GAMES (M. Sakaguchi) THE PROPERTIES OF CONTROLS IN PURSUIT GAMES (N.M. Slobozhanin) STACKELBERG OPTIMALITY AND ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION (V.V. Zakharov) A GAME-THEORETIC MODEL OF BARGAINING OF THE DIVISIBLE GOODS (N.A. Zenkevich and S.N. Voznyuk) BOOK REVIEWS INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS The International Year-Book of GAME THEORY AND APPLICATIONS is about to be published annually in Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Three types of papers will be published: Papers reporting original research results. Survey articles embracing a broad area in game theory and associated areas. Articles devoted to various solutions of actual games. In addition book reviews (no more than two manuscript pages) are also welcome. This serial will consist of original unpublished works on theory of dynamic games, stochastic games, search games, applications of game theoretic methods in ecology and economics with some adjacent problems. Accepted language is English. Each paper should have the following structure: the title, the name(s) and institutional affiliation(s) of the author(s), the abstract (60-100 words), the text, the appendices (if necessary), the list of references, the date of submission, the information about author(s). An author is about to write his paper in English following the LaTeX text editor inserted to a floppy disk. Papers for publication should be sent in duplicate to: Dr. Leon A. Petrosjan, Dept. of Applied Math., St. Petersb. University, Universitetskaya nab., 7/9, St. Petersburg, Russia Dr. Vladimir V. Mazalov, Inst. of Natural Resources, Siberian Division of Academy Sci. Butin street, 26, Chita, Russia xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Contributed by Markku Verkama January 9 DOCTORAL THESIS My doctoral thesis "Distributed Methods and Processes in Games of Incomplete Information" was examined at the Helsinki University of Technology on the 1st of December 1994. The thesis consists of a short survey and six papers. ABSTRACT One factor limiting the applicability of game theory has been the inadequacy of computational tools for handling real world problems where decision makers have incomplete information. The thesis presents the first approach to computing Pareto optimal game solutions under such circumstances, and thus opens new research possibilities. Moreover, the reachability of Pareto optimal agreements in negotiations is studied under realistic assumptions about information. The methods developed in the thesis may find applications in problems where independent decision makers, each having limited information about the situation, need to cooperate or to reach a joint decision. Another main topic of the thesis is the illumination of the interdisciplinary nature of this problem type. The third topic is the stability of asynchronous iterations that are relevant in game-related reaction processes and in distributed computation. If you are interested in receiving a copy of the thesis, please send me email. Markku Verkama Systems Analysis Laboratory Helsinki University of Technology xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Contributed by George Leitmann November 6 ANNOUNCEMENT In August 1994, at the University of Wisconsin, representatives of the almost 4000 fellows and Humboldt Prize winners of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany met to form the Alexander von Humboldt Association of the United States of America. Such organizations exist in the 65 countries which are home to fellows and Prize winners of the Foundation; they are the principal support organizations for both the recipients of the Foundation's fellowships and awards and of the Foundation's programs. George Leitmann of the University of California-Berkeley was elected President of the Association which will be headquartered in Washington, DC. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx End of ISDG E-LETTER issue No. 16, 10 January 1995