Steven J. Brams : Negotiation Games. Applying Game Theory to Bargaining and Arbitration

1.1.
the cast of characters most of the great biblical narratives - God included - generally thought carefully about the goals and consequences of their actions -> they were skillful in negotiating agreements

Some elementary game theory (GT) will be introduced to illustrate the application of game theory to the analysis of negotiations:
o in GT players are assumed to think carefully about their choices and the possible choices of other players
o the outcome depends of individual choices
o GT is a tool ideally suited for penetrating the complex decision-making situations
o GT in this chapter is supplemented by verbal explications that use ideas from GT but not its formal apparatus