€300 discount for FME-UPC students
€250 discount for students from other UPC or UB schools, adjunct faculty from UPC or UB, and full-time faculty from UB not affiliated with the MESIO program
€200 discount for students from other universities
Free for full-time faculty at the UPC and MESIO UB or involved departments
This course is part of the XVIII Summer School of the Master's degree in Statistics and Operations Research (MESIO UPC-UB).
Game theory is a key tool for understanding how agents interact in strategic situations, from competition between companies to political or social decision-making. This course offers a practical and accessible introduction to the discipline, showing how mathematical models can be used to analyze individual and collective decisions, with or without cooperation among participants.
Through classic and contemporary economic examples, the course explores both non-cooperative games, where each player acts independently, and cooperative games, where coalition formation and fair distribution of gains take center stage. From the prisoner’s dilemma to auctions and market competition models like Cournot and Bertrand, the course combines theory, real-world applications, and problem-solving in an engaging, hands-on environment.
The Game Theory and Applications course is designed for anyone interested in applying mathematics to social sciences, economics, or strategic decision-making. No advanced mathematical background is required: just curiosity, logical thinking, and a desire to discover how game theory helps us understand and model human and economic behavior.
Primarily intended for students of the MESIO master’s program. The seminars can be recognized with 3 ECTS if 2 courses are completed and passed, and with 5 ECTS if 3 courses are completed and passed, subject to approval by the Faculty of Mathematics.