Honest and cheating strategies in a simple model of aggressive communication

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 949-959

  Szalai, Ferenc ^a   Számadó, Szabolcs ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

cheating; communication; honesty; mixed equilibrium; value of information

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CHEATING BEHAVIOR; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; HONEST SIGNALING;

EID: 70349175556     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.06.025     Document Type: Article

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