A game-theoretic model of coalition formation among primates

Journal of Bioeconomics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-183

  Stamatopoulos, Giorgos ^a   Sengupta, Abhijit ^b   Vogel, Erin ^c   Janson, Charles ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Rank hierarchy; Resource holding potential; Subgroups

Indexed keywords

DECISION ANALYSIS; GAME THEORY; GROUP BEHAVIOR; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRIMATE; PROBABILITY; RANKING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

PRIMATES;

EID: 68949164752     PISSN: 13876996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10818-009-9060-2     Document Type: Article

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