Companion Web Site for Instructors
Companion Web Site for Instructors The companion site http://www.worthpublishers.com/harrington is another excellent resource for instructors, containing all the materials found on the IRCD. For each chapter in the textbook, the tools on the site include
■ All figures and images from the textbook (in JPEG and MS PPT for- mats)
■ Brief chapter outlines for aid in preparing class lectures (MS Word)
■ Notes to the Instructor providing additional examples and ways to en- gage students in the study of text material (Adobe PDF)
■ Solutions to all end-of-chapter problems (Adobe PDF)
As with the Instructor’s Resource CD-ROM, these materials can be used by in- structors to build personalized classroom presentations or enhance online courses.
Acknowledgments Because talented and enthusiastic students are surely the inspiration for any teacher, let me begin by acknowledging some of my favorite game theory stu- dents over the years: Darin Arita, Jonathan Cheponis, Manish Gala, Igor Klebanov, Philip London, and Sasha Zakharin. Coincidentally, Darin and Igor were roommates, and on the midterm exam Igor scored in the mid-90s while Darin nailed a perfect score. Coming by during office hours, Igor told me in his flawless English tinged with a Russian accent, “Darin really kicked ass on that exam.” I couldn’t agree more, but you also “kicked ass,” Igor, and so did the many other fine students I’ve had over the years.
When I was in graduate school in the early 1980s, game theory was in the early stages of a resurgence, but wasn’t yet part of the standard curriculum.
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Professor Dan Graham was kind enough to run a readings course in game the- ory for myself and fellow classmate Barry Seldon. That extra effort on Dan’s part helped spur my interest in the subject—which soon became a passion— and for that I am grateful.
I would like to express my appreciation to a superb set of reviewers who made highly constructive and thoughtful comments that noticeably improved the book. In addition to a few who chose to remain anonymous, the reviewers were Shomu Bannerjee (Emory University), Klaus Becker (Texas Tech University), Giacomo Bonanno (University of California, Davis), Nicholas J. Feltovich (University of Houston), Philip Heap (James Madison University), Tom Jeitschko (Michigan State University), J. Anne van den Nouweland (University of Oregon and University of Melbourne), Kali Rath (University of Notre Dame), Matthew R. Roelofs (Western Washington University), Jesse Schwartz (Kennesaw State University), Piotr Swistak (University of Maryland), Theodore Turocy (Texas A&M University), and Young Ro Yoon (Indiana University, Bloomington).
My research assistants Rui Ota and Tsogbadral (Bagi) Galaabaatar did a splendid job in delivering what I needed when I needed it.