Optimal mixed strategies in stochastic environments

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 212-243

  Haccou, Patsy ^a   Iwasa, Yoh ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0008061917     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/tpbi.1995.1009     Document Type: Article

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