ABSTRACT
An important approach to the solution of decision problems is through the modeling of such problems in one context as “two-person, zero-sum games.” Although many have associated the history of this approach with Adam Smith, the founder of modern economics, and Blaise Pascal, influential physicist and chemist, the modern history of game theory begins with economists such as Oskar Morgenstern in the 1940s and mathematician John Nash in the 1950s. The classic form of a two-person game is to describe all of the potential strategies for each player, then to describe the payoff, assuming the choice of strategy by each player.
The purpose of this chapter is to develop the underlying approach of game theory, then to develop a methodology whereby this theory can be applied to the analysis of certain cybersecurity problems, such as profiling theory, developed earlier.
