Game theory & animal behavior /

Game theory & animal behavior /

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Imprint:	New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 320 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Animal behavior -- Mathematical models. Game theory. Animal behavior -- Mathematical models. Game theory.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11163679

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Other authors / contributors:	Dugatkin, Lee Alan, 1962- Reeve, Hudson Kern.
ISBN:	1423738810 9781423738817 1280480890 9781280480898 9780198025702 019802570X 9781602564244 1602564248 0195137906 0195096924
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Game theory has revolutionized the study of animal behavior. The fundamental principle of evolutionary game theory - that the strategy adopted by one individual depends on the strategies exhibited by others - has proven a powerful tool in uncovering the forces shaping otherwise mysterious behaviors. In this volume, the first since 1982 devoted to evolutionary game theory, leading researchers describe applications of the theory to diverse types of behavior, providing an overview of recent discoveries and a synthesis of current research. The volume begins with a clear introduction to game theory and its explanatory scope. This is followed by a series of chapters on the use of game theory to understand a range of behaviors: social foraging, cooperation, animal contests, communication, reproductive skew and nepotism within groups, sibling rivalry, alternative life-histories, habitat selection, trophic-level interactions, learning, and human social behavior. In addition, the volume includes a discussion of the relations among game theory, optimality, and quantitative genetics, and an assessment of the overall utility of game theory to the study of social behavior.; Presented in a manner accessible to anyone interested in animal behavior but not necessarily trained in the mathematics of game theory, the book is intended for a wide audience of undergraduates, graduate students, and professional biologists pursuing the evolutionary analysis of animal behavior.
Other form:	Print version: Game theory & animal behavior. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000

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Summary:	Game theory has played a major role in reshaping the study of animal behavior, and this book, the first since 1982 to focus on ethological game theory models, provides an authoritative and accessible overview.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 320 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	1423738810 9781423738817 1280480890 9781280480898 9780198025702 019802570X 9781602564244 1602564248 0195137906 0195096924