Agents, Games, and Evolution - 9780367381851

CRC Press

Agents, Games, and EvolutionStrategies at Work and Play\nAuthor(s): Steven Orla Kimbrough\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Chapman & Hall/CRC\nISBN-13: 9780367381851, 978-0367381851\nSynopsis\nGames, or contexts of strategic interaction, pervade and suffuse our lives and the lives of all organisms. How are we to make sense of and cope with such situations? How should an agent play? When will and when wont cooperation arise and be maintained? Using examples and a careful digestion of the literature, Agents, Games, and Evolution: Strategies at Work and Play addresses these encompassing themes throughout, and is organized into four parts: \n\nPart I introduces classical game theory and strategy selection. It compares ideally rational and the \""naturalist\"" approach used by this book, which focuses on how actual agents chose their strategies, and the effects of these strategies on model systems.\n\nPart II explores a number of basic ga.