Games of Life: Explorations in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior

274 Pages·2017·10.986 MB·English

by  Karl Sigmund

Games of Life
EXPLORATIONS IN ECOLOGY,
EVOLUTION AND BEHAVIOR
Karl Sigmund
EXPLORATIONS IN ECOLOGY,
EVOLUTION AND BEHAVIOR
Faculty of Mathematics, University of Vienna
and International Institute for
Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg
DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC.
MINEOLA, NEW YORK
Copyright
Copyright © 1993, 2017 by Karl Sigmund
All rights reserved.
Bibliographical Note
This Dover edition, first published in 2017, is an updated republication of
the work originally published by Oxford University Press in 1993 and reprinted
by Penguin Books, London, in 1995. The author has written a new chapter,
“Morality Plays,” for the Dover edition, as well as making several minor text
changes.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Sigmund, Karl, 1945– , author.
Title: Games of life : explorations in ecology, evolution and behavior / Karl
   Sigmund.
Description: Mineola, New York : Dover Publications, 2017. | “An updated
   edition of the work originally published by Oxford University Press in
   1993.”  With a new chapter.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017021498| ISBN 9780486812892 | ISBN 0486812898
Subjects: LCSH: Life (Biology)—Simulation games. | Life (Biology)—Computer
   simulation. | Game theory.
Classification: LCC QH313 .S585 2017 | DDC 570.1/13—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017021498
Manufactured in the United States by LSC Communications
81289801 2017
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