Evolutionary game theory: ESS, convergence stability, and NIS

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 489-515

  Apaloo, Joseph ^a   Brown, Joel S ^b   Vincent, Thomas L ^c  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive landscape; Convergence stability; Darwinian dynamics; Evolutionarily stable strategy; Evolutionary game stabilities; Neighbourhood invader strategy; Strategy dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350154806     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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