Games with Incomplete Information
A special issue of Games (ISSN 2073-4336). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Game Theory".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 38
Special Issue Editor
Interests: public health; digital health; information health; opinion dynamics; game theory; incomplete information game; complete information game; social dilemmas; social norms; social behaviors; human decision making
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
While modern society enjoys unprecedented convenience through its deep reliance on digital information networks, it also faces new challenges. The polarization of online discourse, information manipulation by AI and bots, and the rapid spread of misinformation have intensified social conflicts, leading the public into a state of severe “information fatigue.” This deterioration of “Informational Health” not only distorts individual decision-making but also impairs the healthy dialogue functions of society as a whole, posing a pressing threat to the stability of democratic societies.
How do short-term individual information behaviors lead to long-term societal division and exhaustion? And how can we rebuild trust and cooperation from within this division and exhaustion to restore social stability? Elucidating the mechanisms of this complex problem is of immense practical significance as we tackle global issues in public health, economic activity, and climate change. This problem has garnered significant attention from a wide range of fields, including not only sociology, media studies, and information science, but also mathematics, physics, economics, and psychology. This Special Issue aims to transcend the boundaries of these disciplines to solicit innovative research papers that shed new light on the dynamics of conflict and fatigue in the information environment, as well as the mechanisms for recovery.
We welcome theoretical and empirical research on, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Simulations of social issues and policy recommendations.
- Mathematical modeling of discourse conflict and convergence mechanisms using Game Theory (e.g., cooperative/non-cooperative, complete/incomplete information, Bayesian games).
- Analysis of information diffusion processes and the roles of power clusters and intermediate layers using Network Analysis (e.g., various centrality metrics, k-core analysis).
- Research on the impact of AI and bot intervention in the discourse space, as well as strategies for mitigating its effects.
- The mechanisms of information fatigue among the general public, as well as empirical and theoretical studies on recovery measures, such as media literacy education.
- Structural evaluation of the impact of SNS-related phenomena (e.g., lookism, doomscrolling) on mental health.
- Application of market competition models (e.g., Cournot, Stackelberg, Bertrand) to corporate reputational risk management.
We sincerely hope that this Special Issue will deepen our understanding of this critical and urgent issue and contribute to the construction of a healthier and more stable information society. We look forward to receiving your ambitious submissions.
Dr. Yasuko Kawahata
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- game theory
- incomplete information
- complete information
- network analysis
- AI/Bots
- information fatigue
- informational health
- discourse conflict
- social stability
- mathematical modeling
- simulation
- reputational risk management
- lookism
- doomscrolling
- mental health
- human behaviors
- critical thinking
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