Open AccessInfluence & incorporation: John Forbes Nash and the “Nash Equilibrium”
Author(s) -
Mccain Katherine W.,
Mccain Roger A.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
proceedings of the american society for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1550-8390
pISSN - 0044-7870
DOI - 10.1002/meet.14504701311
Subject(s) - nash equilibrium , mathematical economics , best response , risk dominance , epsilon equilibrium , folk theorem , game theory , economics , computer science , equilibrium selection , repeated game
Abstract We describe the growth of the game theory literature that deals with the concept of the “Nash Equilibrium” (NE) from 1950 through 2009. We report the citation history of Nash's key publications and visualize major persistent research themes as citing/cited networks. We also chart Nash's “obliteration rate” through annual counts of NE articles that cite Nash's work or simply invoke the concept in the bibliographic record.