AN INTRODUCTION TO EVOLUTIONARY THEORY

An Introduction to Evolutionary Game Theory

This introduction provides the reader with a basic knowledge about the fascinating field of evolutionary game theory. After presenting the mathematical notion of games, the two probably most important approaches to analyze a game are discussed. Each new concept is briefly discussed theoretically and than applied to the Hawk-Dove-Game.

An Introduction To Evolutionary Game Theory

Evolutionary game theory has grown into an active area of research that bridges concepts from biology, evolution, nonlinear dynamics, and game theory. The mechanisms necessary to conduct an evolutionary analysis of games are presented. Relations between evolutionary stable strategies and Nash equilibria are considered. Replicator dynamics are developed and applied to three relevant games. The a...

Introduction to Evolutionary Game Theory

This chapter begins with some basic terminology, introducing elementary game theoretic notions such as payoff, strategy, best reply, Nash equilibrium pairs etc. Players who use strategies which are in Nash equilibrium have no incentive to deviate unilaterally. Next, a population viewpoint is introduced. Players meet randomly, interact according to their strategies, and obtain a payoff. This pay...

An Introduction to Evolutionary Computation

Researchers in many fields are faced with computational problems in which a great number of solutions are possible and finding an optimal or even a sufficiently good one is difficult. A variety of search techniques have been developed for exploring such problem spaces, and a promising approach has been the use of algorithms based upon the principles of natural evolution. This tutorial will intr...

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