Possibly optimal decision-making under self-sufficiency and autonomy

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 317-331

  Spier, Emmet ^a,b   McFarland, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS BEHAVIOUR; DECISION MAING; RESOURCE UTILIZATION; TIME BUDGET;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; INDEPENDENCE; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031558891     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1997.0517     Document Type: Article

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