The disadvantage of combinatorial communication

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1555, 2004, Pages 2337-2343

  Lachmann, Michael ^a   Bergstrom, Carl T ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS IN THE SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Combinatorial syntax; Deception; Evolution; Game theory; Signalling; Value of information

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION;

ARTICLE; INFORMATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GAME; RECUMBENCY;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; DECEPTION; EVOLUTION; GAME THEORY; LANGUAGE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 14944358378     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2844     Document Type: Article

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