Simulated Trust: A cheap social learning strategy

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 189-196

  Vanderelst, Dieter ^a   Ahn, René M C ^b   Barakova, Emilia I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Directed social learning; Social learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CONSPECIFIC; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FITNESS; HEURISTICS; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; HUMAN RELATION; LEARNING; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRUST;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TRUST;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 70349999959     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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