Individual versus social learning: Evolutionary analysis in a fluctuating environment

Anthropological Science

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 209-323

  Feldman, Marcus W ^a   Aoki, Kenichi ^b   Kumm, Jochen ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene culture coevolution; Infinite states; Periodic environment; Stochastic environment; Strategy model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030186388     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.104.209     Document Type: Article

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