A game theoretic approach to multimodal communication

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1399-1415

  Wilson, Alistair J ^a   Dean, Mark ^b   Higham, James P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Game theory; Multimodal communication

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COMMUNICATION; GAME THEORY; NOISE; SIGNAL; SIGNALING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84883771883     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1589-3     Document Type: Article

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