AMA1D04 Understanding Social Conflicts by Game Theory
2025/26 S1
Project instructions:
Topic
Free choice of topic on voting system, decision and strategy making, simulation of social situation by game theory, etc… the topic should be related to the society or student’s own discipline of study with application of the knowledge learnt from this course.
First-come-first-served: in case too many students choose a similar topic, students who submit the project proposal later might be banned.
The project proposal should be completed by using the form. provided and submitted onto Blackboard. Only after your proposal is approved you can work with the chosen topic.
Format
- English should be used. Names of the original language can be shown in brackets after the English translation.
- Microsoft Word “.docx” file with normal margin, vertical A4 size, font size 12 and 1.5 line spacing, Times New Romans.
- The file name should be “(your family name)_(your given name)_(proposal/project).docx”. For example, your proposal is “chan_taiman_proposal.docx” and your project to submit at the end is “chan_taiman_project.docx”.
- The proposal should be included in front of the final project submission. The project body, excluding the proposal in front and the references or appendix at the back, should be within 1500-2500 words (figures, equations, tables not counted). Reference should be shown in APA format. If necessary, tables, coding or other additional information can be attached as appendix.
- The final work should be submitted via Blackboard. Turnitin is used to check for similarity and AI reliance. Plagiarism is strictly forbidden. Over-reliance on AI will result in low score.
Deadline
Deadline of submitting the project proposal: 06/11/2025 23:59 (week 10 Thu)
Deadline of submitting the completed project: 06/12/2025 23:59 (week 14 Sat)(tentative)
Policy on the use of AI
To implement the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in academic writing and to enhance digital literacy, students are encouraged to make use of GenAI tools in the assessment. Such tools include but not limited to Chat-GPT4, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, etc. A list of GenAI tools can be accessed via platforms like genai.polyu.edu.hk. Before using GenAI in writing the assessment, you should read the following in advance:
(i) University’s disciplinary regulations concerning conduct in examinations and, in particular, the regulations on academic integrity. (pp. 37–40, pp. 74–76)
https://www.polyu.edu.hk/ar/docdrive/polyu-students/student-handbook/Student_Handbook_2024-25_English.pdf
(ii) University’s “Guidelines for Students on the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence”.
https://www.polyu.edu.hk/ar/docdrive/polyu-students/Student-guide-on-the-use-GenAI.pdf
We will introduce some techniques about using generative AI in project writing on the AI seminars during tutorial sessions. Self-learning materials are to be uploaded onto Blackboard.
Report about use of AI
If you opt to use GenAI in the assessment, you are required to submit an extra report for using GenAI in producing your work. On this report, you should explain how you use GenAI to assist you in the following tasks, and your rationale in adopting AI generated results:
(1) How do you use GenAI to suggest project ideas and search for relevant reference? How do you narrow down the scope and decide a suitable topic?
(2) How GenAI help you to write a proposal and structure for the assessment? Is there any amendment you made in the final outcome compared with the proposal/structure?
(3) Which part of your project contain components in various forms (writing, mathematical evaluations, graphs and animation, data analysis, program coding, etc) created by GenAI?
Why do you adopt or reject the work created by GenAI? Please justify. You can also show how you correct or modify the work done by AI so that it can be adapted in your project.
(4) How GenAI help with enhancing the clarity and writing style. of your project?
For these questions, you should mention GenAI tools used for each part clearly. You can also include some screen-capture to show your input commands (prompts) and the key results created by GenAI, no matter they are adopted in the final project or not. The report should be precise and within 1000 words, not counted towards your final project.