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Foundations of Social Evolution
Steven A. Frank
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Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik / Naturwissenschaften allgemein
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This is a masterly theoretical treatment of one of the central problems in evolutionary biology, the evolution of social cooperation and conflict. Steven Frank tackles the problem with a highly original combination of approaches: game theory, classical models of natural selection, quantitative genetics, and kin selection. He unites these with the best of economic thought: a clear theory of model formation and comparative statics, the development of simple methods for analyzing complex problems, and notions of information and rationality. Using this unique, multidisciplinary approach, Frank makes major advances in understanding the foundations of social evolution.
Frank begins by developing the three measures of value used in biology--marginal value, reproductive value, and kin selection. He then combines these measures into a coherent framework, providing the first unified analysis of social evolution in its full ecological and demographic context. Frank also extends the theory of kin selection by showing that relatedness has two distinct meanings. The first is a measure of information about social partners, with close affinity to theories of correlated equilibrium and Bayesian rationality in economic game theory. The second is a measure of the fidelity by which characters are transmitted to future generations--an extended notion of heritability.
Throughout, Frank illustrates his methods with many examples, including a complete reformulation of the theory of sex allocation. The book also provides a unique "how-to" guide for constructing models of social behavior. It is essential reading for evolutionary biologists and for economists, mathematicians, and others interested in natural selection.
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Social behavior, Fitness model (network theory), Mating, Evolutionary algorithm, Stochastic process, Natural selection, Heredity, Price equation, Female, Cost–benefit analysis, Fitness (biology), Reproduction, Marginal utility, Phenotype, Haplodiploidy, Gamete, Quantitative genetics, Causality, Social status, On the Origin of Species, Marginal value, Genetic variability, Mendelian inheritance, Sex ratio, Parental investment, Expected value, Demographic analysis, Genetic variance, Allele, Probability, Social relation, Inbreeding, Reproductive success, Overdominance, Behavior, Social organism, Life history theory, Offspring, Sex allocation, Sociality, Phenotypic trait, Result, Evolutionary biology, Demography, Classical conditioning, Allele frequency, Coefficient of relationship, Fitness function, Kin recognition, Estimator, Selection coefficient, Correlation coefficient, Fecundity, Population size, Reproductive value (population genetics), Inclusive fitness, Kin selection, Social evolution, Calculation, Evolutionary dynamics, Genotype, Population genetics, Evolution, Prior probability, Prediction, Estimation, Fixation index, Inference, Competition, Fisher's fundamental theorem of natural selection