Jarek Hirny wrote:
 > Hi,
 >
 > I'd be very grateful if you could point me to game theory
 > applications in evolution. I'm aware of a hawk-and-pigeon model,
 > described by Dawkins in "Selfish Gene", and of its more slightly more
 > sophisticated versions, but, because of my interest in GT, I'd like
 > to find something more advanced/less known/et cetera. Thanks. Should
 > I turn to classics, like Hamilton, and hiss
 > evolutionary-stable-strategy idea? How difficult his writings are to
 > understand for somebody with interest in GT, but with just a little
 > knowledge about biology and evolution?
 >
 > (I'm sorry if the exact names of models or books vary from original
 > ones; I'm not a native english speaker and I may be mistranslating
 > them. Hope you get the point, tho. :) )
 >
The classic is Maynard Smith's "Evolution and the Theory of Games", from
1982.  IIRC, it doesn't need too deep a knowledge of biology.  Of 
course, it's now about 20 years out of date, so you should be able to 
find a more recent textbook.  However, the more recent stuff builds on 
this work, so it's still useful.

Bob

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