The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine you had a friend who gave different answers to the same question, depending on how you asked it. “What’s the capital of Peru?” ...

This paper combines a survey of existing literature in game-theoretic pragmatics with new models that fill some voids in that literature. We start with an overview of signaling games with a conflict ...

Most game theory models don't reflect the relentlessly random timing of the real world. In a new article, two economists and a physicist model what happens when players receive information or act at ...

Ever wonder how nodes are incentivized in a blockchain to ensure trust, consensus and cooperation in a system with no central authority? The answer lies in game theory, the mathematical study of ...

Control theory is the study of how one can use feedback to modify the behavior of a system — such as a robot, vehicle, chemical or biological process, power grid, stock portfolio, or an ecosystem — so ...

The first-mover advantage has allowed Tesla, Inc. to pave the way for its current lineup of electric vehicles. However, it is questionable whether this advantage still exists because market conditions ...

Cynthia Frelund's mathematical model projects the final scores, win probability, and cover probability for every NFL game in Week 16 of the 2021 season. NFL Network's Cynthia Frelud shares what her ...