More Games of No Chance
by Richard J. Nowakowski
Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2002
ISBN/ASIN: 0521808324
ISBN-13: 9780521808323
Number of pages: 536
Description:
This book is a state-of-the-art look at combinatorial games, that is, games not involving chance or hidden information. It contains articles by some of the foremost researchers and pioneers of combinatorial game theory. The articles run the gamut from new theoretical approaches to the very latest in some of the hottest games.
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