Lecture 8: Backward Induction @mitocw
Lecture 8: Backward Induction  @mitocw
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MIT 14.12 Economic Applications of Game Theory, Fall 2025
Instructor: Ian Ball
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In this lecture, Ian Ball talks about backward induction, which is the process of determining a sequence of optimal choices by reasoning from the endpoint of a problem or situation back to its beginning using individual events or actions.

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