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Evolutionary games and population dynamics
Josef Hofbauer,Karl Sigmund +1 more
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In this book the authors investigate the nonlinear dynamics of the self-regulation of social and economic behavior, and of the closely related interactions among species in ecological communities.Abstract:
Every form of behavior is shaped by trial and error. Such stepwise adaptation can occur through individual learning or through natural selection, the basis of evolution. Since the work of Maynard Smith and others, it has been realized how game theory can model this process. Evolutionary game theory replaces the static solutions of classical game theory by a dynamical approach centered not on the concept of rational players but on the population dynamics of behavioral programs. In this book the authors investigate the nonlinear dynamics of the self-regulation of social and economic behavior, and of the closely related interactions among species in ecological communities. Replicator equations describe how successful strategies spread and thereby create new conditions that can alter the basis of their success, i.e., to enable us to understand the strategic and genetic foundations of the endless chronicle of invasions and extinctions that punctuate evolution. In short, evolutionary game theory describes when to escalate a conflict, how to elicit cooperation, why to expect a balance of the sexes, and how to understand natural selection in mathematical terms.
Comprehensive treatment of ecological and game theoretic dynamics
Invasion dynamics and permanence as key concepts
Explanation in terms of games of things like competition between speciesread more
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Five Rules for the Evolution of Cooperation
TL;DR: Five mechanisms for the evolution of cooperation are discussed: kin selection, direct reciprocity, indirect reciprocities, network reciprocation, group selection, and group selection.
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Statistical physics of social dynamics
TL;DR: In this article, a wide list of topics ranging from opinion and cultural and language dynamics to crowd behavior, hierarchy formation, human dynamics, and social spreading are reviewed and connections between these problems and other, more traditional, topics of statistical physics are highlighted.
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The structure and dynamics of multilayer networks
Stefano Boccaletti,Ginestra Bianconi,Regino Criado,Regino Criado,C.I. del Genio,Jesús Gómez-Gardeñes,Miguel Romance,Miguel Romance,Irene Sendiña-Nadal,Irene Sendiña-Nadal,Zhen Wang,Massimiliano Zanin +11 more
TL;DR: This work offers a comprehensive review on both structural and dynamical organization of graphs made of diverse relationships (layers) between its constituents, and cover several relevant issues, from a full redefinition of the basic structural measures, to understanding how the multilayer nature of the network affects processes and dynamics.
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Evolutionary games on graphs
György Szabó,Gábor Fáth +1 more
TL;DR: The major theme of the review is in what sense and how the graph structure of interactions can modify and enrich the picture of long term behavioral patterns emerging in evolutionary games.
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Evolution of indirect reciprocity by image scoring
TL;DR: It is proposed that the emergence of indirect reciprocity was a decisive step for the evolution of human societies and the probability of knowing the ‘image’ of the recipient must exceed the cost-to-benefit ratio of the altruistic act.
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Evolution and the Theory of Games
TL;DR: A modification of the theory of games, a branch of mathematics first formulated by Von Neumann and Morgenstern in 1944 for the analysis of human conflicts, was proposed in this paper.
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Resource competition and community structure
TL;DR: This book builds a mechanistic, resource-based explanation of the structure and functioning of ecological communities and explores such problems as the evolution of "super species," the differences between plant and animal community diversity patterns, and the cause of plant succession.
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On territorial behavior and other factors influencing habitat distribution in birds
TL;DR: In this article, the Dickcissel sex ratio is employed as an indirect index of suitability and a sex ratio index was found to be correlated positively with density, consistent with the hypothesis that territorial behavior in males of this species limits their density.
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Behavioural Ecology : An Evolutionary Approach
John R. Krebs,Nicholas B. Davies +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, natural selection and life histories are modeled in behavioural ecology evolution of life histories human behavioural ecology, and exploitation of resources is discussed in terms of competition for resources interactions between predators and prey.
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The ontogenetic niche and species interactions in size-structured populations
Earl E. Werner,James F. Gilliam +1 more
TL;DR: The body size is one of the most important attributes of an organism from an ecological and evolutionary point of view as mentioned in this paper, and it has a predominant influence on an animal's energetic requirements, its potential for resource exploitation, and its susceptibility to natural enemies.