Managing uncertainty: Information and insurance under the risk of starvation

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 357, Issue 1427, 2002, Pages 1519-1526

  Dall, Sasha R X ^a   Johnstone, Rufus A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Energy reserves; Information; Sampling; Starvation risk; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ENERGETICS; INFORMATION; STARVATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037195824     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2002.1061     Document Type: Article

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