Individual-as-maximizing agent analogies result in a simple understanding of the functioning of the biological world. Identifying the conditions under which individuals can be regarded as fitness maximizing agents is thus of considerable interest to biologists. Here, we compare different concepts of fitness maximization, and discuss within a single framework the relationship between Hamilton’s ...

Evolution Strategies (ES) are a class of Evolutionary Algorithms based on Gaussian mutation and deterministic selection. Gaussian mutation captures pair-wise dependencies between the variables through a covariance matrix. Covariance Matrix Adaptation (CMA) is a method to update this covariance matrix. In this paper, the CMA-ES, which has found many applications in solving continuous optimizatio...

To promote the EPC (engineering, procurement, construction) model in public projects has become a key task of China’s construction industry reform. However, behavioral and strategic choices stakeholders related to will affect its stable development. We establish tripartite evolutionary game government-owner-construction company, analyze strategies influencing factors these development based on ...

We use minority game model to investigate evolutionary dynamics in complex networks of adaptive agents competing for limited resources. We show that the dynamics and the phase structures critically depend on the underlying network organizations, and evolution is a key mechanism for the emergence of high-order coordination among the networked agents. A non-growing random directed network admits ...

Given the in-depth advancement of “Belt and Road” initiative, cooperation among countries along initiative is increasing. The strategic maritime transport passage closely related to interests relevant countries. games between important passages in terms pursuit geopolitical rights occur frequently. This paper establishes an evolutionary game model taking Strait Hormuz as example explores on bot...

This note presents a simple example of a model in which the unique rational expectations (RE) steady state equilibrium is eductively stable in the sense of Guesnerie (2002), but where evolutionary learning, as introduced in Brock and Hommes (1997), does not necessarily converge to the RE steady state price. The example is a Muthian cobweb model where producers have heterogeneous expectations an...

Ecological systems are always subjected to various environmental fluctuations. They evolve under these fluctuations and the resulting systems are robust against them. The diversity in ecological systems is also acquired through the evolution. How do the fluctuations affect the evolutionary processes? Do the fluctuations have direct impact on the species diversity in ecological systems? In the p...

The Prisoner Dilemma has basically two known type of evolutive answers that allow cooperation among individuals. One proposes cooperation is possible among close relatives. The other is a strategy on when to cooperate and when not to, according to the actions of the other players. An example of these strategies is playing tit-fortat. This paper proposes a third and completely different solution...

The existing literature is short of exploring the interactions stakeholders' decisions during wildfires from a dynamic perspective. Evolutionary game theory proposed based on Darwin's evolution can capture process and provide method to analyze complexity. This study utilizes tripartite evolutionary model evacuation decision-making for different decision makers in wildfire event. include (1) loc...