In this lecture, we're going to talk about sequential games. Under this topic we will learn
game trees and concepts
nature's move
how to solve these games
And first or second players advantages. By the end of this lecture
You'll be able to read game trees and draw your own trees. In sequential games, Mostly we have two players or more
So in sequential games, there is an order of play which means players make decisions one after another
So the players have to consider how the opponent will respond at each point. Then you can calculate the best strategy
So think about chess
Chess is a good example of sequential games
Since the game is sequential we can represent the moves with game trees
Let's look at some terminology and terms. You may take notes here in game trees
We will have some points where the players decides on a way
either strategy a or strategy b
We call them decision node the points in a decision tree when decisions needed to be made second initial node
This is actually where the game starts
In other words the place where the game begins. The third one terminal node
Terminal node is the place where the game ends and finally branches
They show the possible moves at a node
