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33 - Evolutionary Game Theory: Fighting and Contests

33 - Evolutionary Game Theory: Fighting and Contests

Update: 2009-10-27
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The economic concept of game theory can be readily applied to evolution and behavior. By analyzing encounters between organisms as a mathematical "game," important information such as fitness payoffs and the proportions of "strategies" played by each group within a population can be inferred. While oftentimes these games are too simplified to apply directly to actual examples in nature, they are still useful models that help to convey important concepts.
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33 - Evolutionary Game Theory: Fighting and Contests

33 - Evolutionary Game Theory: Fighting and Contests

Stephen C. Stearns