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Evolutionarily stable strategy

An evolutionarily stable strategy (ESS) is a strategy (or set of strategies) that is impermeable when adopted by a population in adaptation to a specific environment, that is to say it cannot be displaced by an alternative strategy (or set of strategies) which may be novel or initially rare. Introduced by John Maynard Smith and George R. Price in 1972/3…

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Subgame perfect equilibrium, Trembling hand perfect equilibrium, Perfect Bayesian equilibrium
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John Maynard Smith and George R. Price
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Nash equilibrium
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Stochastically stable equilibrium, Stable Strong Nash equilibrium
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Biological modeling and Evolutionary game theory

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Nash equilibrium

Vs. evolutionarily stable state

Stochastic ESS

Prisoner's dilemma

Human behavior

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related to Vs. evolutionarily stable state · 3
Evolutionarily stable strategy → ESS, In, Once
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Evolutionarily stable strategyExampleHawk-dove1.00infobox
Evolutionarily stable strategyIntersects withSubgame perfect equilibrium, Trembling hand perfect equilibrium, Perfect Bayesian equilibrium1.00infobox
Evolutionarily stable strategyProposed byJohn Maynard Smith and George R. Price1.00infobox
Evolutionarily stable strategySubset ofNash equilibrium1.00infobox
Evolutionarily stable strategySuperset ofStochastically stable equilibrium, Stable Strong Nash equilibrium1.00infobox
Evolutionarily stable strategyUsed forBiological modeling and Evolutionary game theory1.00infobox
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philosophyinstance ofwith applications in other fields0.80text
political science.In game-theoretical termsinstance ofwith applications in other fields0.80text
an ESS is an equilibrium refinement of the Nash equilibriuminstance ofwith applications in other fields0.80text
being a Nash equilibrium that is alsoinstance ofwith applications in other fields0.80text
a weak ESS or an evolutionarily stable set.Examples of differences between Nash equilibriainstance ofIt also allows for a natural definition of related concepts0.80text

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