In general, game theory is “the scientific study of strategic interaction,” says William Spaniel, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Pittsburgh.

Game theory math can describe molecular competition and cooperation, perhaps providing clues to the origin of life.

Principles of game theory offer new ways of understanding genetic behavior, a pair of researchers has concluded in a new analysis.

Game theory is the science of strategic thinking. While the name brings to mind a chess master or poker savant, this area of study deals with much more than what people ordinarily call "games." ...

A simple model developed by a RIKEN researcher and a collaborator predicts the emergence of self-organized institutions that manage limited resources such as fisheries or irrigation water. This model ...

Dejan Milutinovic has solved a nearly 60-year-old game theory dilemma called the wall pursuit game, with implications for better reasoning about autonomous systems such as driverless vehicles.

Adapted from The Game Theorists’s Guide to Parenting: How the Science of Strategic Thinking Can Help You Deal with the Toughest Negotiators You Know—Your Kids, by Paul Raeburn and Kevin ...

Researchers have for the first time used game theory to enable robots to assist humans in a safe and versatile manner.