Games and decision-making

The textbook is written in order to present the complex concepts of the modern theory of solutions for the reader, familiar with only elementary differential calculus and elementary theory of probability. It is an autonomous interpretation of almost everything that can be called the theory of solutions - from the classical theory of optimization to modern game theory. The book contains many applications from the economy, political science, finance and management and examples designed to show the need to study theory and demonstrate the boundaries within which it is applicable. First, the authors consider the most simple decision-making options - those in which only one person participates, then gradually go to more complex tasks, up to an analysis of sequential rationality, and finally explain how the intellectual capital obtained can be used to study practical problems - auctions and bargaining. The feature of the textbook is that the authors interpret the theory of decision-making and the theory of games as part of the same totality of knowledge. The theory of decision-making involving one person is used in the textbook as a building block for the theory of games.
For students of universities studying in the directions Economics, Mathematics studying introductory courses on optimization and game theory, as well as for listeners of MBA courses on decision-making theory