Game Theory
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Costly punishment does not always increase cooperation.

26 Sep 2009 In a pairwise interaction, an individual who uses costly punishment must pay a cost in order that the opponent incurs a cost. It has been argued that individuals will behave more cooperatively if they know that their opponent has the option of using ... Read more...

Communal egg-laying in reptiles and amphibians: evolutionary patterns and hypotheses.

30 Aug 2009 Communal egg-laying is widespread among animals, occurring in insects, mollusks, fish, amphibians, reptiles, and birds, just to name a few. While some benefits of communal egg-laying may be pervasive (e.g., it saves time and energy and may ensure ... Read more...

Cancer phenotype as the outcome of an evolutionary game between normal and malignant cells.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: There is variability in the cancer phenotype across individuals: two patients with the same tumour may experience different disease life histories, resulting from genetic variation within the tumour and from the interaction between ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Game Theory'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Costly punishment does not always increase cooperation. 26 Sep 2009
• Origins. On the origin of cooperation. 2 Sep 2009
• Communal egg-laying in reptiles and amphibians: evolutionary patterns and hypotheses. 30 Aug 2009
• Cancer phenotype as the outcome of an evolutionary game between normal and malignant cells. 30 Aug 2009
• Coevolution of adaptive technology, maladaptive culture and population size in a producer-scrounger game. 17 Aug 2009
• The dynamics of deterrence. 16 Aug 2009
• Nash equilibria in multi-agent motor interactions. 12 Aug 2009
• Saving for an uncertain future. 10 Aug 2009
• Friend or foe: subjective expected relative similarity as a determinant of cooperation. 30 Jul 2009
• Phytoplankton competition for nutrients and light in a stratified water column. 30 Jul 2009
• Deterministic evolutionary game dynamics in finite populations. 8 Jul 2009
• Species extinction and permanence of an impulsively controlled two-prey one-predator system with seasonal effects. 6 Jul 2009
• Application of game theory to the interaction between plant viruses during mixed infections. 6 Jul 2009
• Spatiotemporal cortical activation underlying dilemma decision-making: an event-related potential study. 30 Jun 2009
• [Aggregate data and game theory] 29 Jun 2009
• The private rejection of unfair offers and emotional commitment. 27 Jun 2009
• Simple scaling of cooperation in donor-recipient games. 23 Jun 2009
• The elephant in the room is called game theory. 22 Jun 2009
• Four-state rock-paper-scissors games in constrained Newman-Watts networks. 31 May 2009
• Experimental game theory and behavior genetics. 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Game Theory'

Definition: Theoretical construct used in applied mathematics to analyze certain situations in which there is an interplay between parties that may have similar, opposed, or mixed interests. In a typical game, decision-making "players," who each have their own goals, try to gain advantage over the other parties by anticipating each other's decisions; the game is finally resolved as a consequence of the players' decisions.

Descriptor UI: D005716

Alternative terms: Game Theory; Game Theories; Theories, Game; Theory, Game; Prisoner Dilemma; Dilemma, Prisoner; Dilemmas, Prisoner; Prisoner Dilemmas; Prisoner's Dilemma; Dilemma, Prisoner's; Dilemmas, Prisoner's; Prisoner's Dilemmas; Prisoners Dilemma; Dilemma, Prisoners; Dilemmas, Prisoners; Prisoners Dilemmas;

Tree Number: H01.548.330;

Online Note: use GAME THEORY to search PRISONER'S DILEMMA 1969-78

History Note: 69; PRISONER'S DILEMMA was see under GAME THEORY 1969-78

Technical Notes: no qualif