A first formal link between the price equation and an optimization program

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 75-91

  Grafen, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; POPULATION GENETICS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; FITNESS; GAMETE; GENETIC MODEL; NATURAL SELECTION; ORGANISM SOCIAL GROUP; POPULATION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0036392087     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2002.3015     Document Type: Article

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