Evolutionary Game Theory, Natural Selection, and Darwinian Dynamics

《Evolutionary Game Theory, Natural Selection, and Darwinian Dynamics》由Thomas L. Vincent與Joel S. Brown合著，劍橋大學出版社2005年出版，全書共400頁，精裝版定價103英鎊。該書以進化博弈論為框架，通過構建適應性生成函式（G-function）數學模型，提出達爾文動力學理論體系，用以解析自然選擇驅動的生物演化過程。書中系統討論了協同進化、物種滅絕機制及生物多樣性分布等核心生物學問題，引入演化穩定策略（ESS）概念，並闡明其數學表達與自然選擇的關聯性。

基本介紹

• 外文名：Evolutionary Game Theory, Natural Selection, and Darwinian Dynamics
• 作者：Thomas L. Vincent、Joel S. Brown
• 出版時間：2005年5月23日
• 出版社：Cambridge University Press
• 頁數：400 頁
• ISBN：9780521841702
• 定價：103.00 元(英鎊)
• 裝幀：Hardcover

內容簡介

All of life is a game and evolution by natural selection is no exception. The evolutionary game theory developed in this book provides the tools necessary for understanding many of nature’s mysteries, including co-evolution, speciation, extinction and the major biological questions regarding fit of form and function, diversity, procession, and the distribution and abundance of life. Mathematics for the evolutionary game are developed based on Darwin's postulates leading to the concept of a fitness generating function (G-function). G-function is a tool that simplifies notation and plays an important role developing Darwinian dynamics that drive natural selection. Natural selection may result in special outcomes such as the evolutionarily stable strategy (ESS). An ESS maximum principle is formulated and its graphical representation as an adaptive landscape illuminates concepts such as adaptation, Fisher’s Fundamental Theorem of Natural Selection, and the nature of life’s evolutionary game.