Coalition formation: A game-theoretic analysis

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 277-286

  Mesterton Gibbons, Mike ^a   Sherratt, Tom N ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alliance; Animal conflict; Antergy; Coalition; Game theory; Synergy

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; GAME THEORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYNERGISM; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 33847658357     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arl084     Document Type: Article

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