Conspiratorial whispers and conspicuous displays: Games of signal detection

Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1554-1563

  Johnstone, Rufus A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooperative communication; Game theory; Handicap principle; Honest signaling; Signal detection theory

Indexed keywords

GAME THEORY; HONEST SIGNALING; MODEL;

EID: 0032424735     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1998.tb02236.x     Document Type: Article

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