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Evolution and the Theory of Games
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Evolution and the Theory of Games Hardcover - 1982 - 1st Edition

by John Maynard Smith


From the publisher

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.

Details

  • Title Evolution and the Theory of Games
  • Author John Maynard Smith
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 226
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
  • Date 1982-12
  • ISBN 9780521246736 / 0521246733
  • Weight 0.93 lbs (0.42 kg)
  • Library of Congress subjects Game theory, Evolution (Biology) - Mathematical models
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 81021595
  • Dewey Decimal Code 575