Evolution of learning strategies in temporally and spatially variable environments: A review of theory

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 91, Issue , 2014, Pages 3-19

  Aoki, Kenichi ^a   Feldman, Marcus W ^b  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamical models; Evolutionarily stable strategies; Monte Carlo agent based simulations; Rogers' paradox

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LEARNING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIMESCALE;

ARTICLE; DYNAMICAL MODELS; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGIES; HUMAN; LEARNING; MONTE CARLO/AGENT-BASED SIMULATIONS; ROGERS' PARADOX; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DYNAMICAL MODELS; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGIES; MONTE CARLO/AGENT-BASED SIMULATIONS; ROGERS' PARADOX;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84891155208     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2013.10.004     Document Type: Article

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