Basics of evolutionary game theory

Statistical Physics and Complexity Group meeting

Basics of evolutionary game theory

  • Event time: 11:30am
  • Event date: 23rd May 2012
  • Speaker: Fred Farrell (Formerly School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Edinburgh)
  • Location: Room 2511,

Event details

I'll discuss some basic ideas in evolutionary game theory, such as evolutionary stable states and the replicator equation, and apply these to some simple games such as the prisoners' dilemma, hawk-dove and rock paper scissors. If time I'll also discuss the 'war of attrition' game.