This monograph deals with the application of stochastic analysis and control techniques to the study of socioeconomic problems arising in processes of development and growth. Economic issues are formulated in a manner amenable to rigorous mathematical scrutiny without losing sight of their...

Fuzzy data such as marks, scores, verbal evaluations, imprecise observations, experts' opinions and grey tone pictures, are quite common. In Fuzzy Data Analysis the authors collect their recent results providing the reader with ideas, approaches and methods for processing such data when looking...

I: Topos-like and Model-Theoretic Approaches -- 1: Classification of Extremal Subobjects of Algebras over SM-SET -- 2: M-valued Sets and Sheaves over Integral Commutative CL-Monoids -- 3: The Logic of Unbalanced Subobjects in a Category with Two Closed Structures -- II: Categorical Methods in...

1. Introduction -- 1. Collective decisions and power structure -- 2. Social choice -- 3. Games and game forms -- 4. The effectivity functions of a game form -- 5. Effectivity functions and cooperative games -- 6. An overview of the book -- 7. Notes -- 2. The structure of effectivity functions --...

Stochastic games - an overview -- A brief summary of the papers in the volume -- Contributed Papers -- 1 Models for the Game of Liar’s dice -- 2 A Discrete Search Game -- 3 Algorithms for Stochastic Games -- 4 On the Algorithm of Pollatschek and Avi-Itzhak -- 5 Semi-infinite Stochastic Games....

Cardinal Utility -- Game Solutions and the Normal Form -- Overconfidence in Overconfidence -- Problem Formulation and Alternative Generation in the Decision Making Process -- On Non-Expected-Utility Preferences -- Aspects of Regret Theory and Disappointment Theory as Alternatives to the Expected...

Introduction: Embedded Trust -- Social Network Analysis and Game Theory: Basic Concepts and Assumptions -- A Game-theoretic Model for Control Effects in Social Networks -- A Stochastic Model for Information Diffusion in Social Networks -- Contracting in Information Technology Transactions: A...

The Essence of Negotiation -- Exogenous disagreement outcomes -- The Alternating Offers Procedure -- The Nash Program -- Comprehensive Bargaining Problems -- Comparative Statics -- A Bargaining Model with Threats -- Endogenous Threats -- Commitment and Endogenous Threats -- Bargaining over Wages...