Bill Sandholm Death | Passed Away | Obituary
Bill Sandholm Death – Dead: A great loss was made known to InsideEko. As friends and families of the deceased are mourning the passing of their loved and cherished Bill Sandholm.
Having heard about this great loss, the family of this individual is passing through pains, mourning the unexpected passing of their beloved.
This departure was confirmed through social media posts made by Twitter users who pour out tributes, and condolences to the family of the deceased.
I am incredibly sad to hear that Bill Sandholm passed away yesterday. He was a great economist, fantastic teacher and dedicated advisor. I learnt a lot from him in the first-year micro theory course. RIP. Thoughts and prayers are with his family.
I am incredibly sad to hear that Bill Sandholm passed away yesterday. He was a great economist, fantastic teacher and dedicated advisor. I learnt a lot from him in the first-year micro theory course. RIP. Thoughts and prayers are with his family.
— Anson Zhou (@AnsonZhou9) July 8, 2020
A tribute to Bill Sandholm, the mind behind the development of population games and evolutionary game theory, penned by by Prof. Saptarshi Mukherjee, IIT Delhi:“We often feel insignificant amongst many. We often need to decide fast. And we would like it the way we are served the best. ”Rationality” takes a backseat and traditional assumptions of decision or microeconomic theory falls through. We still strive to be strategic, in an evolutionary manner. Even for a planner, it makes sense to design a scheme taking into account the myopic behaviour of the people where they learn to behave efficiently. This gives a realistic portrayal of any incentive design, making such a theory pragmatic.
One of the most prominent persons who captured such behavioural stuff beautifully is Bill Sandholm. To me, his works always appeared as a toolbox – to apply to real life, e.g. solve traffic congestion problems (RES, 2002) or desist Internet users from clogging network pipelines during high-demand hours.
With Bill passing away, an era ends – but hopefully applications of his work will go beyond economics, into various other disciplines, as the potential is unbounded.”
#MechanismDesign #gametheory #Boundedrationality #evolutionarygametheory #BehavioralEconomics
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