Math 450 Senior Seminar Presents "Evaluating Risk in the Board Game 'Risk'"

In the board game RISK, players attempt to conquer the world by capturing all territories on the board, with battle outcomes determined by dice rolls. Let A be the number of attacking armies and D be the number of defending armies in two adjacent territories. This talk will present the probability the defending territory will be captured and the expected number of armies lost by the attacking territory in the capture.

Math 450 Senior Seminar Presents

"Evaluating Risk in the Board Game Risk"

by: Dr. Christopher N. Swanson

Tuesday, September 15, 1:40 p.m.

in Patterson 301