In love and war: Altruism, norm formation, and two different types of group selection

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 249, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 667-680

  van Veelen, Matthijs ^a   Hopfensitz, Astrid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Markov chains; Norms; Reproductive externalities; Simulations

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; GROUP SELECTION; KIN SELECTION; SIMULATION; WAR;

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; GROUP DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ALTRUISM; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 36248967663     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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