Capoeira 发表于 2005-10-14 22:44

每日英语 challenge 星期二

诺奖授予博弈论先驱
    Nobel prize for ‘game theory' thinkers

诺贝尔经济学奖昨天授予了托马斯•谢林(Thomas Schelling)和罗伯特•奥曼(Robert Aumann),以表彰他们在促进对冲突与合作的理解方面所作的贡献。
The Nobel prize for economics was awarded yesterday to Thomas Schelling and Robert Aumann for their individual contributions to the understanding of conflict and co-operation.

他们两位都是“博弈论”(game theory)的先驱。作为经济学的一个分支,博弈论目前在该学科研究中占据主要地位,在政治理论、社会学甚至生物学等其他学科中也极为重要。两位获奖者将分享130万美元的奖金。生于1921年的谢林先生是马里兰大学教授,他曾提出了冲突局势理论,在上世纪50年代和60年代的冷战时期,该理论极大地影响了美国政府对核威慑的态度。
Both were pioneers in “game theory”, a branch of economics that now dominates the subject and is extremely important in other disciplines such as political theory, sociology and even biology. They will share the $1.3m (£740,000,
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