Daniel R.
Vincent
Department of Economics
University of Maryland
College Park,MD 20742
(301)-405 3485(V) (301)-405-3542 (FAX)
dvincent@umd.edu(e-mail)
Project Rubric: I would like you to find a situation, event or example of any aspect of daily life that involves strategic thinking. Examples include scenes from a film, situations in a sporting game, rules of a sport, historical events, social interactions etc. The project involves a classroom presentation and a write-up of your project. Typically the written work is about five pages.
You should join with one or two other students in the class to do the project as a group-project. Please arrange to see me first about your choice (I would like to talk to all members of the group.)
Please note that I would like you to hand in your own written part of
the project individually and I will grade that part individually. You
may hand in copies of your partners if you wish or your own version.
The written part should consist of a more full description of the situation and a detailed exposition of how applying game theory tools can be used to improve performance or understanding. Please note that since you are modeling something from life, the simpler you make your model the better luck you will have in solving it so do not worry about capturing all the details, just the bare minimum that are relevant. The point breakdown for this part is roughly: 15 points for a clear description and model of the problem and illustration of how it applies to tools used in this course, 15 points for a correct use of tools to “solve” the problem, 10 points for creativity and originality.
The final components of the project are all due on the last day of classes (that is, either in class on our last class, Dec. 6 or electronically on the last day of all classes, Dec. 10).
|
Project Calendar |
|
|
Date (20 minutes presentation) |
Students |
|
November 13 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
November 15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
November 27 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
November 29 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|