The two men, who will share the prize money, have never worked together, but know each other. They linked us together because he is a producer of game theory and I am a user of game theory, ... I use game theory to help myself understand conflict situations and opportunities.
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News of the prize came at 645 a.m. in a phone call from someone with a Swedish accent, ... We were pleased.
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