Inductive game theory and the dynamics of animal conflict

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1-16

  DeDeo, Simon ^a,b   Krakauer, David C ^a   Flack, Jessica C ^a,c  

^a SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; DYNAMICS; GAME THEORY; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION; CONFLICT DYNAMICS; DECISION-MAKING STRATEGIES; INDUCTIVE GAME THEORIES; MODELLING SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO'S SIMULATION; MULTIPLE SCALE; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; SOCIETY MODELS; TIME-SERIES DATA;

DECISION MAKING;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; INDUCTIVE GAME THEORY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONKEY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PROCESS MODEL; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAME; MACACA; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GAME THEORY; MACACA NEMESTRINA; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77955482930     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000782     Document Type: Article

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