In this chapter, you learned the general concepts of game theory. Game theory is the mathematical science that studies and analyzes the individual decisions of a subject in situations of conflict or strategic interaction with other rival subjects aimed at the maximum profit of each subject. Game theory's main objective is the victory; everyone must be aware of the rules of the game, and be aware of the consequences of every single move. The set of moves that an individual intends to perform is called a strategy. We have analyzed the different types of games predicted by the theory and various practical applications in real time: the prisoner's dilemma, stag hunt, and chicken game.
Then we explored the AlphaGo DeepMind project. Go is a strategic board game for two players. AlphaGo is a software for the game of Go developed by Google DeepMind. It was the first...
