EVOLUTION AND THE THEORY OF GAMES by John Maynard Smith ( 9780521288842 )

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Title:

EVOLUTION AND THE THEORY OF GAMES

By:

John Maynard Smith

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0521288843

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

21 October, 1982

Pages:

234

Description:

This 1982 book is an account of an alternative way of thinking about evolution and the theory of games.

Synopsis:

In this 1982 book, the theory of games, first developed to analyse economic behaviour, is modified so that it can be applied to evolving populations. John Maynard Smith's concept of an evolutionarily stable strategy is relevant whenever the best thing for an animal or plant to do depends on what others are doing. The theory leads to testable predictions about the evolution of behaviour, of sex and genetic systems, and of growth and life history patterns. This book contains a full account of the theory, and of the data relevant to it. The account is aimed at senior undergraduate and graduate students, teachers and research workers in animal behaviour, population genetics and evolutionary biology. The book will also be of interest to mathematicians and game theorists; the mathematics has been largely confined to appendixes so that the main text may be easily followed by biologists.

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