John Maynard Smith and the importance of consistency in evolutionary game theory

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 933-950

  Houston, Alasdair I ^a   McNamara, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arbitrary payoffs; Consistency; Evolutionary game theory; Parental care

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; GAME THEORY; PARENTAL CARE;

EID: 33645307947     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-005-9016-4     Document Type: Article

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