<p><strong>Books:</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>The standard reference on Algorithmic Game Theory is the book by Nisan, Tardos, Roughgarden, and Vazirani.</li>
</ol>
<p>Algorithmic Game Theory
<a href="http://www.cambridge.org/journals/nisan/downloads/Nisan_Non-printable.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.cambridge.org/journals/nisan/downloads/Nisan_Non-printable.pdf</a></p>
<ol start="2">
<li>Another book on AGT is by Kevin Leyton-Brown from UBC and Yoav Shoham from Stanford:</li>
</ol>
<p>Multi-Agent Systems: Algorithmic, Game-Theoretic and Logical Foundations</p>
<p>A free electronic copy has been made available by the authors as well:
<a href="http://www.masfoundations.org/mas.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.masfoundations.org/mas.pdf</a></p>
<p>I think there are half a dozen books by Roughgarden with <strong>&quot;Twenty Lectures on Algorithmic Game Theory&quot;</strong> being one of the best books for beginners. All Books are available on amazon.</p>
<p><strong>Courses:</strong></p>
<p>If you're interested in lecture notes and video lectures on Algorithmic Game Theory, then I would strongly urge you to have a look at Tim Roughgarden's course website:</p>
<p>Algorithmic Game Theory (CS364A), Fall 2013
His lectures are amazing and surprisingly easy to grasp, especially considering the theoretical nature of the subject matter.</p>
<p>There's also a sequel course on Mechanism Design if you're interested:
Frontiers in Mechanism Design (CS364B), Winter 2014</p>
<p>If you're looking to brush up on a few game theory fundamentals you could go through the following two courses offered by Coursera:</p>
<p>Introductory Course on Game Theory
<a href="https://www.coursera.org/course/gametheory" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.coursera.org/course/gametheory</a></p>
<p>Advanced Applications of Game Theory: Auctions and Social Choice Theory
<a href="https://www.coursera.org/course/gametheory2" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.coursera.org/course/gametheory2</a></p>

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Free Palestine
<p>try Tim Roughgarden online AGT course &amp; book
<a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEGCF-WLh2RJBqmxvZ0_ie-mleCFhi2N4" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEGCF-WLh2RJBqmxvZ0_ie-mleCFhi2N4</a></p>
<p>and those 2 lectures by Constantinos Daskalakis for the PPAD class
<a href="https://youtu.be/TUbfCY_8Dzs" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://youtu.be/TUbfCY_8Dzs</a>
<a href="https://youtu.be/Ih0cPR745fM" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://youtu.be/Ih0cPR745fM</a></p>
<p>and Papa Dimitriou  2 lectures in Simons Institute
<a href="https://youtu.be/ggi2PZbO0oQ" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://youtu.be/ggi2PZbO0oQ</a>
<a href="https://youtu.be/0cyR_fpOvOc" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://youtu.be/0cyR_fpOvOc</a></p>
<p>Tim Roughgarden is one of the pioneers in the AGT field, never knew anyone teach it or even studied it without referencing his 20 lectures book. Besides he is the original source for the Price of Anarchy(his PhD), I think participated in the Big USA spectrum auction. For the same reason I added Constantinos for the PPAD class it's his PhD, I personally understood it better from him. Papa Dimitriou is also like their mentor/GOD Father, but not too many lectures available online for him. Thanks u reminded me to add more resources</p>

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ShAr
<p>You could: Try some online classes/tutorials, e.g., on YouTube, read textbooks recommended by university classes (at your level), or buy the highest ranked textbooks on Amazon.</p>

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<p>I am an undergrad going into my junior year this semester. I really wanted to explore algorithmic game theory, as my university has some excellent professors in that field. However, as my undergrad is drawing to a close, it is seeming increasingly likely that I will not be able to do this in my undergrad if I don't step up and teach myself the basics. However, looking online, I am unable to find anything &quot;basic&quot; for intro students to the subject. Would you have any recommendations on how to start learning algorithmic game theory?</p>
<p>I am well versed in regular game theory</p>

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Talk to the profs.
philipxy
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@philipxy - They don't respond
xii70523yuoia
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Learn game theory first. Like economic game theory, Nash equilibria, etc.
JimN
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You can find some lecture notes here: https://ml2.inf.ethz.ch/courses/agt/ I took the course and if I remember correctly there weren't too many prerequisites, although I did have some familiarity with game theory. The lecture notes are a bit sparse, so I recommend using them as a study guide and looking for complementary material on the same topics as you go along.
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Algorithmic Game Theory as an undergrad
# Algorithmic Game Theory as an undergrad

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-08-31)

I am an undergrad going into my junior year this semester. I really wanted to explore algorithmic game theory, as my university has some excellent professors in that field. However, as my undergrad is drawing to a close, it is seeming increasingly likely that I will not be able to do this in my undergrad if I don't step up and teach myself the basics. However, looking online, I am unable to find anything "basic" for intro students to the subject. Would you have any recommendations on how to start learning algorithmic game theory?

I am well versed in regular game theory

**Tags:** self-learning, resource-request, undergraduate, algorithms

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Talk to the profs.  
> **username_0**: @username_1 - They don't respond  
> **username_2**: Learn game theory first. Like economic game theory, Nash equilibria, etc.  
> **username_3**: You can find some lecture notes here: https://ml2.inf.ethz.ch/courses/agt/ I took the course and if I remember correctly there weren't too many prerequisites, although I did have some familiarity with game theory. The lecture notes are a bit sparse, so I recommend using them as a study guide and looking for complementary material on the same topics as you go along.  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2021-06-22. Score: 1

**Books:**

1. The standard reference on Algorithmic Game Theory is the book by Nisan, Tardos, Roughgarden, and Vazirani.

Algorithmic Game Theory
<http://www.cambridge.org/journals/nisan/downloads/Nisan_Non-printable.pdf>

2. Another book on AGT is by Kevin Leyton-Brown from UBC and Yoav Shoham from Stanford:

Multi-Agent Systems: Algorithmic, Game-Theoretic and Logical Foundations

A free electronic copy has been made available by the authors as well:
<http://www.masfoundations.org/mas.pdf>

I think there are half a dozen books by Roughgarden with **"Twenty Lectures on Algorithmic Game Theory"** being one of the best books for beginners. All Books are available on amazon.

**Courses:**

If you're interested in lecture notes and video lectures on Algorithmic Game Theory, then I would strongly urge you to have a look at Tim Roughgarden's course website:

Algorithmic Game Theory (CS364A), Fall 2013
His lectures are amazing and surprisingly easy to grasp, especially considering the theoretical nature of the subject matter.

There's also a sequel course on Mechanism Design if you're interested:
Frontiers in Mechanism Design (CS364B), Winter 2014

If you're looking to brush up on a few game theory fundamentals you could go through the following two courses offered by Coursera:

Introductory Course on Game Theory
<https://www.coursera.org/course/gametheory>

Advanced Applications of Game Theory: Auctions and Social Choice Theory
<https://www.coursera.org/course/gametheory2>


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### Answer by username_5 on 2021-06-15. Score: 1

try Tim Roughgarden online AGT course & book
<https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEGCF-WLh2RJBqmxvZ0_ie-mleCFhi2N4>

and those 2 lectures by Constantinos Daskalakis for the PPAD class
<https://youtu.be/TUbfCY_8Dzs>
<https://youtu.be/Ih0cPR745fM>

and Papa Dimitriou 2 lectures in Simons Institute
<https://youtu.be/ggi2PZbO0oQ>
<https://youtu.be/0cyR_fpOvOc>

Tim Roughgarden is one of the pioneers in the AGT field, never knew anyone teach it or even studied it without referencing his 20 lectures book. Besides he is the original source for the Price of Anarchy(his PhD), I think participated in the Big USA spectrum auction. For the same reason I added Constantinos for the PPAD class it's his PhD, I personally understood it better from him. Papa Dimitriou is also like their mentor/GOD Father, but not too many lectures available online for him. Thanks u reminded me to add more resources


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### Answer by username_6 on 2020-09-07. Score: 0

You could: Try some online classes/tutorials, e.g., on YouTube, read textbooks recommended by university classes (at your level), or buy the highest ranked textbooks on Amazon.


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