Top 6 Quotes by Robert Aumann

A person's behavior is rational if it is in his best interests, given his information

A person's behavior is rational if it is in his best interests, given his information

Robert Aumann

Information, Behavior, Given

"War and peace". Robert J. Aumann's Nobel Prize Lecture, December 8, 2005.

I think game theory creates ideas that are important in solving and approaching conflict in general.

Robert Aumann

Thinking, Games, Ideas

"Game theorists share Nobel prize". news.bbc.co.uk. October 10, 2005.

"Interactive Decision Theory" would perhaps be a more descriptive name for the discipline usually called Game Theory.

Robert Aumann

Games, Names, Discipline

"Collected Papers: Vol. 1". Book by Robert Aumann, 2000.

War has been with us ever since the dawn of civilization. Nothing has been more constant in history than war.

Robert Aumann

War, Civilization, Dawn

"War and peace". Robert J. Aumann's Nobel Prize Lecture, December 8, 2005.

Repetition acts as an enforcement mechanism: It makes cooperation achievable when it is not achievable in the one-shot game, even when one replaces strategic equilibrium as the criterion for achievability by the more stringent requirement of perfect equilibrium.

Robert Aumann

Games, Perfect, Requirements

"War and peace". Robert J. Aumann's Nobel Prize Lecture, December 8, 2005.

The strong equilibrium point f just described is one of "unrelenting ferocity" against offenders. It exhibits a zeal for meting out justice that is entirely oblivious to the sometimes dire consequences to oneself or to the other faitheful i.e., those who have not deviated.

Robert Aumann

Strong, Justice, Sometimes

"Contributions to the Theory of Games IV, Annals of Mathematics Study 40". Book edited by A. W. Tucker and R. D. Luce, 1959.