Welcome at the website of Frank Thuijsman

Research Interests:
Dynamic Game Theory and its Applications in Evolutionary and Biological Models

Research Group:
Networks and Strategic Optimization
Department of Knowledge Engineering
Maastricht University

Latest additions are listed below. More complete lists can be found by clicking the buttons on the left.

Present administrative activities:

• Head of the research group Networks and Strategic Optimization (NSO).
• Member of the Management Team of the Dutch Network on the Mathematics of Operations Research LNMB.
• Coordinator of the project ABC education with Aachen University of Applied Sciences.
• Planmaker for a dual program Knowledge Engineering.
• Co-organizer of the Steunpunt Wiskunde D Maastricht.
  
• Associate editor of International Game Theory Review.
• Member of the Organizing Committee of the 2012 China International Conference on Game Theory and Applications, Qingdao, August 29-30.

Recent publications:

• P. Uyttendaele, F. Thuijsman, P. Collins, R. Peeters, G. Schoenmakers, R. Westra (2012): Evolutionary games and periodic fitness. Dynamic Games and Applications (forthcoming, pdf).
  
• T.J. de Jong, P.G.L. Klinkhamer, A.Shmida, F. Thuijsman (2011): On the evolution of protandry and the difference between preference and rank order in pollinator visitation. Evolutionary Ecology Research 13, 307-314 (pdf).
• J. Derks, J. Kuipers, M. Tennekes, F. Thuijsman (2009): Existence of Nash networks in the one-way flow model of network formation. In: Modeling, Computation and Optimization, Eds S.K. Neogy, A.K. Das, R.B. Bapat, World Scientific, 9-20 (pdf).
• M. Kaisers, K. Tuyls, F. Thuijsman, S. Parsons (2009): An evolutionary model of multi-agent learning with a varying exploration rate (Short Paper), Kaisers et al., Proc. of 8th Int. Conf. on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AA-MAS 2009), Decker, Sichman, Sierra and Castelfranchi (eds.), May, 10–15, 2009, Budapest, Hungary, 1255-1256 (pdf).
• T. de Jong, A. Shmida, F. Thuijsman (2008): Sex allocation in plants and the evolution of monoecy. Evolutionary Ecology Research 10, 1087-1109. (pdf).
• G. Schoenmakers, J. Flesch, F. Thuijsman, O.J. Vrieze (2008): Repeated games with bonuses. Journal of  Optimization Theory and Applications136, 459-473.  (pdf).
• M. Kaisers, K. Tuyls, F. Thuijsman, S. Parsons (2008): Auction analysis by normal form game approximation. In: Proceedings of the IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology (WI-IAT 2008), Sydney, 447-450 (pdf).
• M. Kaisers, K. Tuyls, F. Thuijsman, S. Parsons (2008): Discovering the game in auctions. In: Proceedings 20-th Belgian-Netherlands Conference on Artificial Intelligence (BNAIC 2008), Enschede, 113-120 (pdf).

Recent working papers:

• J. Flesch, T. Parthasarathy, F. Thuijsman, P. Uyttendaele (2012): Evolutionary stochastic games.
  
• J. Derks, J. Kuipers, M. Tennekes, F. Thuijsman (2008): Local dynamics in network formation. (pdf).
  

Recent presentations:

• 11-09-14: Population Dynamics in Stochastic Games. International Conference on the Mathematical Aspects of Game Theory and Applications. Université Toulouse 1, France (presentation, remark: this file contains a number of movies and your computer is likely to ask your permission before playing these).
• 11-01-27: Nash Network Formation in the One-Way Flow Model. Colloquium Computer Science, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Germany (presentation).
• 10-11-05: Evolutionary Stability and Changing Fitnesses. International Workshop Biology and Game Theory. Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France (presentation, remark: the movies on pages 6, 7 and 16 may take some time to load and your computer is likely to ask your permission to open these).
  
• 10-08-17: Biological Applications of Game Theory. First Joint China-Dutch Seminar on Game Theory and Fourth China Meeting on Game Theory and its Applications Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'An, China (presentation).
  
• 10-07-01: Spelen en Delen. Workshop Speltheorie t.b.v. Netwerk Wiskunde D (in Dutch). Maastricht University (presentation).
• 10-06-17: One-way flow Nash networks. CWI-Diamant Seminar Combinatorics and Optimization, CWI, Amsterdam (presentation).
• 09-03-25: Nash networks in one-way flow models, Research Seminar, Utrecht School of Economics, The Netherlands (presentation).
• 09-02-06: Stochastic games with additive transitions, Game Theory Seminar, Ecole Polytechnique Palaisseau, Paris, France (presentation).
• 08-07-14: One-way flow Nash networks. Games 2008, Third World Congress of the Game Theory Society, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA (presentation).
• 08-01-09: One-way flow Nash networks. International Conference on Modeling, Computation and Optimization, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, India (presentation).

Recent students:

• PhD: Ignacia Arcaya: Coalition Formation and Network Structures, thesis Maastricht University (forthcoming).
  
• PhD: Philippe Uyttendaele: Evolutionary Stochastic Games, thesis Maastricht University (forthcoming).
• MSc: Robbert Harms (2012): Likelihood Models and Optimization for Global Tractography Solutions of Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data , thesis Maastricht University (forthcoming).
• MSc: Max Bügler (2012): A Simulation Based Approach to Disease Development, thesis Maastricht University (forthcoming).
• MSc: Intan Sherlin (2012): Application of Cooperative Game Theory in Bird Broods Allocation, thesis Maastricht University (forthcoming).
• MSc: René Wagner (2012): Integration of an eTest Module and Extension of the Mobile API for the eLearning and eTeching Portal L²P, internship at RWTH Aachen (forthcoming).
• MSc: Bastian Küppers (2012): Requirements Engineering and Developing an IT-Services Reporting System, internship at RWTH Aachen (forthcoming).
  
• BSc: Cecile Wolfs (2012): Applications of Evolutionary Game Theory in Microbiology, thesis Maastricht University (forthcoming).
• BSc: Bob Verlinden (2012) Tournaments, thesis Maastricht University (forthcoming).
• BSc: Luc Boux de Casson (2012) Game Theory and Music, thesis Maastricht University (forthcoming).
• BSc: Esther Verhoef (2012) Linear Programming in Secondary School, thesis Maastricht University (forthcoming).
• BSc: Tristan Marsman (2012): Evolutionary Game Theory and Cell Differentiation, thesis Maastricht University (forthcoming).
• MSc: Marius Politze (2012): Enhancement of a Web Based Student Self Service Application, internship at RWTH Aachen.
• MSc: Lukas Kirchhart (2012): Generating Test Sets, internship at RWTH Aachen.
  
• MSc: Robbert Harms (2012): Océ Service Engineers Calculation Model, internship at Océ.
  
• MSc: Mandy Tak (2012): Experiments in Local Evolutionary Dynamics, thesis Maastricht University (pdf).
  
• PhD: Martijn Tennekes (2010): Network Formation Games, thesis Maastricht University (available on request).
• BSc: Colin Schepers (2010): Searching in Networks, thesis Maastricht University (pdf).
• BSc: Max Bügler (2010): A Model of Oviposition Behavior of Copidosoma koehleri Parasitoid Wasps, thesis Maastricht University (pdf).
• MSc: Philippe Uyttendaele (2009): Hide and Seek Games (continued), thesis Maastricht University (pdf).
• MSc: Maarten Poeth (2009): Optimal Stopping and Secretary Problems, thesis Maastricht University (pdf).
• BSc: Chantal Bendermacher (2009): The Evolution of Populations using Local Replicator Dynamics, thesis Maastricht University (pdf).
• BSc: Michael Schneider (2009): A Cyber Application for Business Decision Making, thesis Maastricht University.
• MSc: Michael Kaisers (2008): Auctions and Evolutionary Games, thesis Maastricht University (pdf).
• MSc: Xavier Gubbels (2008): Beehaviour, thesis Maastricht University (pdf).
• BSc: Pieter Lubbers (2008): Optimizing the Arrangement of the Storage Yard of a Brickworks, thesis Maastricht University (pdf).
• BSc: Philippe Uyttendaele (2008): Hide and Seek Games, thesis Maastricht University (pdf).

Courses in 2011/2012:

• Introduction to Knowledge Engineering (Maastricht, BSc-course within Knowledge Engineering)
• Game Theory (Maastricht, BSc-course within Knowledge Engineering)
• Dynamic Game Theory (Maastricht, MSc-course within Operations Research)
• Non-cooperative Game Theory (Utrecht, PhD-course within LNMB)
• Teaching Mathematics (Maastricht, Teacher's Academy)
  
• OR Case Studies (Aachen, BSc-course within Scientific Programming / MATSE of Fachhochschule Aachen / RWTH Aachen, details here)

Recent reviews for Mathematical Reviews:

• J. Bergin, D. Bernhardt (2009): Cooperation through imitation. GEB 67, 376-388.
  
• S.C. Kontogiannis, P.G. Spirakis (2009): On the support size of stable strategies in random games. Theor. Comp. Sci. 410: 933-942.
• K. Takamiya (2009): Preference revelation games and strong cores of allocation problems with indivisibilities. J. Math. Econom. 45, 199-204.
• M. Grabisch, P. Miranda (2008): On the vertices of the k-additive core. Discrete Math.308, 5204-5217.

My Erdös number is 3

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