The Value of Information for Populations in Varying Environments

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1124-1166

  Rivoire, Olivier ^a   Leibler, Stanislas ^b,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Branching processes; Control; Fitness; Information; Investment; Population dynamics; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954629780     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-011-0166-2     Document Type: Article

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