Games In Management Science: Essays In Honor Of Georges Zaccour

International Series in Operations Research & Management Science Pierre-Olivier Pineau Simon Sigué Sihem Taboubi Editors Games in Management Science Essays in Honor of Georges Zaccour International Series in Operations Research & Management Science Volume 280 Series Editor Camille C. Price Department of Computer Science, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX, USA Associate Editor Joe Zhu Foisie Business School, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, USA Founding Editor Frederick S. Hillier Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/6161 Pierre-Olivier Pineau • Simon Sigué Sihem Taboubi Editors Games in Management Science Essays in Honor of Georges Zaccour 123 Editors Pierre-Olivier Pineau Chair in Energy Sector Management HEC Montréal Energy Sector Management Montréal, QC, Canada Simon Sigué Faculty of Business Athabasca University Athabasca, AB, Canada Sihem Taboubi Department of Marketing GERAD and HEC Montréal Montréal, QC, Canada ISSN 0884-8289 ISSN 2214-7934 (electronic) International Series in Operations Research & Management Science ISBN 978-3-030-19106-1 ISBN 978-3-030-19107-8 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19107-8 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland Preface This volume is written to mark the 60th birthday of Professor Georges Zaccour. The contributors, who are either former Ph.D. students or successful research collaborators and friends of Professor Zaccour, want to take this opportunity to acknowledge his contributions and to honor his many scientific achievements. It would be unrealistic and inadvisable to attempt to give a full account of Georges Zaccour’s scientific achievements in a book preface. We hope, however, that the few points below will help the reader appreciate the extent of his contribution to scienc