A game theoretical approach to the evolution of structured communication codes

Theory in Biosciences

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 205-214

  Fontanari, José F ^a   Perlovsky, Leonid I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution of communication; Evolutionary games; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GAME; GENETIC ALGORITHM; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; K NEAREST NEIGHBOR; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOTHER; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; PROGENY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GAME THEORY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTHERS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 48549096933     PISSN: 14317613     EISSN: 16117530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12064-008-0024-1     Document Type: Article

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