@article {IOPORT.01698592, author = {Bonanno, Giacomo}, title = {Branching time, perfect information games, and backward induction.}, year = {2001}, journal = {Games and Economic Behavior}, volume = {36}, number = {1}, issn = {0899-8256}, pages = {57-73}, publisher = {Elsevier Science (Academic Press), San Diego, CA}, doi = {10.1006/game.1999.0812}, abstract = {Summary: The logical foundations of game-theoretic solution concepts have so far been explored within the confines of epistemic logic. In this paper the author turns to a different branch of modal logic, namely temporal logic, and propose to view the solution of a game as a complete prediction about future play. The branching time framework is extended by adding agents and by defining the notion of prediction. A syntactic characterization of backward induction in terms of the property of internal consistency of prediction is given.}, identifier = {01698592}, }