Evolutionary game theory — (EGT) is the application of interaction dependent strategy drift in populations to game theory. It originated in 1973 with John Maynard Smith and George R. Price s formalization of evolutionary stable strategies as an application of the… … Wikipedia
Game theory — is a branch of applied mathematics that is used in the social sciences (most notably economics), biology, engineering, political science, computer science (mainly for artificial intelligence), and philosophy. Game theory attempts to… … Wikipedia
Evolutionary psychology — (EP) attempts to explain mental and psychological traits such as memory, perception, or language as adaptations, that is, as the functional products of natural selection or sexual selection. Adaptationist thinking about physiological mechanisms,… … Wikipedia
Evolutionary invasion analysis — Evolutionary invasion analysis, also known as adaptive dynamics, is a set of techniques for studying long term phenotypical evolution developed during the 1990s. It incorporates the concept of frequency dependence from game theory but allows for… … Wikipedia
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Evolutionary theory and the political left — have had a sometimes wary relationship with one another. Some on the political left, especially Marxists and communists, have been critical of aspects of the theory of evolution by natural selection (Darwinism). Some of this opposition appears… … Wikipedia
theory — theo‧ry [ˈθɪəri ǁ ˈθiːəri] noun theories PLURALFORM 1. [countable] an idea or set of ideas that is intended to explain why something happens or how it works: theory of • The book is called An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change . • The theory… … Financial and business terms
Evolutionary ethics — concerns approaches to ethics (morality) based on the role of evolution in shaping human psychology and behavior. Such approaches may be based in scientific fields such as evolutionary psychology or sociobiology, with a focus on understanding and … Wikipedia
theory — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, unified ▪ a grand unified theory of the physical forces governing matter ▪ general ▪ coherent ▪ current … Collocations dictionary
Chicken (game) — For other uses, see Chicken (disambiguation). The game of chicken, also known as the hawk dove or snowdrift[1] game, is an influential model of conflict for two players in game theory. The principle of the game is that while each player prefers… … Wikipedia
Neutral theory of molecular evolution — The neutral theory of molecular evolution states that the vast majority of evolutionary changes at the molecular level are caused by random drift of selectively neutral mutants (not affecting fitness).[1] The theory was introduced by Motoo Kimura … Wikipedia