Spiders that live in large cooperative societies are scattered among several taxonomic groups. All quasisocial species appear to have female-biased sex ratios, while congeneric species with less advanced forms of sociality have 1:1 sex ratios. I present two sex-ratio models that examine the interaction between the genetic structure of populations and two aspects of colony demography-the changes...

A fuzzy differential game theory is proposed to solve the -person (or -player) nonlinear differential noncooperative game and cooperative game (team) problems, which are not easily tackled by the conventional methods. In this paper, both noncooperative and cooperative quadratic differential games are considered. First, the nonlinear stochastic system is approximated by a fuzzy model. Based on t...

Game theory has become an essential tool in the analysis of supply chains with multiple agents, often with conflicting objectives. This chapter surveys the applications of game theory to supply chain analysis and outlines game-theoretic concepts that have potential for future application. We discuss both non-cooperative and cooperative game theory in static and dynamic settings. Careful attenti...

The theory of competitive auctions offers a coherent framework for modelling coordination frictions as a non-cooperative game. The theory represents an advancement over cooperative approaches that make exogenous assumptions about how output is divided between buyers and sellers and about the forces that bring buyers and sellers into local markets. Moreover, unlike price posting models, which fi...