Michael Bahir Maschler (July 22, 1927 – July 20, 2008) was an Israel

Israel

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i mathematician

Mathematician

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 well known for his contributions to the field of game theory

Game theory

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. He was a professor in the Einstein Institute of Mathematics and the Center for the Study of Rationality at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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 in Israel

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External links

• Michael Maschler: In Memoriam

Discussion paper #493 of the Center for the Study of Rationality at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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. This paper contains reminiscences about Michael Maschler and overviews of his work and contribution to Game Theory

Game theory

Game theory is a mathematical method for analyzing calculated circumstances, such as in games, where a person’s success is based upon the choices of others...

 and Mathematics pedagogy by Robert J. Aumann, Ein-Ya Gura, Sergiu Hart

Sergiu Hart

Sergiu Hart is an Israeli mathematician and economist and the past President of the Game Theory Society . He is the Kusiel-Vorreuter University Professor at the Center for the Study of Rationality at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel.Hart was born in Bucharest, Romania and immigrated to...

, Bezalel Peleg, Hana Shemesh, and Shmuel Zamir. The paper also includes a complete list of Maschler's English and Hebrew publications.

• Michael Maschler at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
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• http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/profiles/maschler.htm

Selected publications

For a complete list of English and Hebrew publication, see Michael Maschler: In Memoriam, above.

• "The Bargaining Set for Cooperative Games", with R.J. Aumann, 1964, in Advances in Game Theory
• "The Core of a Cooperative Game", with M. Davis, 1965, Naval Research Logistics Quarterly
• "Game-Theoretic Aspects of Gradual Disarmament", with R.J. Aumann, 1966, Mathematica
• "Some Thoughts on the Minimax Principle" with R.J. Aumann, 1972, Management Science
• "An Advantage of the Bargaining Set over the Core", 1976, JET
• "Geometric Properties of the Kernel, Nucleolus and Related Solution Concepts", with B. Peleg and L.S. Shapley, 1979, Mathematics of Operations Research
• "Superadditive Solution for the Nash bargaining Game", with M. Perles, 1981, IJGT
• "Game Theoretic Analysis of a Bankruptcy Problem from the Talmud", with R.J. Aumann, 1985, JET
• "The Consistent Shapley Value for Hyperplane Games", with G. Owen, 1989, IJGT
• "The Consistent Shapley Value for Games without Side Payments", with G. Owen, 1992, in Selten, editor, Rational Interaction
• "The Bargaining Set, Kernel and Nucleolus", 1992, in Aumann and Hart, editors, Handbook of Game Theory
• Repeated Games with Incomplete Information, MIT Press, Cambridge, 1995, with R.J. Aumann
• Insights into Game Theory: An Alternative Mathematical Experience, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming, with Ein-Ya Gura