The Calculus of Selfishness (eBook)

Karl Sigmund (Autor)

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2010
184 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-3225-5 (ISBN)

Infos

A pioneer in evolutionary game theory looks at selfishness and cooperationHow does cooperation emerge among selfish individuals? When do people share resources, punish those they consider unfair, and engage in joint enterprises? These questions fascinate philosophers, biologists, and economists alike, for the "e;invisible hand"e; that should turn selfish efforts into public benefit is not always at work. The Calculus of Selfishness looks at social dilemmas where cooperative motivations are subverted and self-interest becomes self-defeating. Karl Sigmund, a pioneer in evolutionary game theory, uses simple and well-known game theory models to examine the foundations of collective action and the effects of reciprocity and reputation.Focusing on some of the best-known social and economic experiments, including games such as the Prisoner's Dilemma, Trust, Ultimatum, Snowdrift, and Public Good, Sigmund explores the conditions leading to cooperative strategies. His approach is based on evolutionary game dynamics, applied to deterministic and probabilistic models of economic interactions.Exploring basic strategic interactions among individuals guided by self-interest and caught in social traps, The Calculus of Selfishness analyzes to what extent one key facet of human nature-selfishness-can lead to cooperation.

Autor

Karl Sigmund is professor of mathematics at the University of Vienna. He is the author of Games of Life (Penguin), coauthor of Evolutionary Games and Population Dynamics, and a contributor to Nature and Science.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.1.2010
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Series in Theoretical and Computational Biology
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Series in Theoretical and Computational Biology
• Zusatzinfo: 51 line illus.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Angewandte Mathematik
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Finanz- / Wirtschaftsmathematik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Mikroökonomie
• Schlagworte: Abuse of notation • Altruism • anonymity • Artificiality • artificial society • Asociality • asymmetry • attractor • Backward Induction • Barter • Competition • Computation • convex hull • Decision-Making • defection • Dictator Game • differential equation • disadvantage • Disgust • Empathy • expected value • Generosity • geometric distribution • Heuristic • Homo economicus • Hypergeometric distribution • Initial Condition • Iteration • John Maynard Keynes • kin selection • Laggard • learning rule • Limit cycle • Maladaptation • Markov Chain • Money pump • Moral Hazard • Morality • Moran Process • Nash Equilibrium • Neighbourhood effect • Observational error • ordinary differential equation • Paradox • Poisson distribution • Prediction • Preference • Preference (economics) • Prevalence • Price equation • Prisoner's dilemma • Probability • Proportionality (mathematics) • Public Good • Public Goods game • p-value • Quantity • randomness • Random Variable • Ranking • Rationality • reaction norm • reciprocal altruism • Refusal • Remorse • Replicator equation • Reputation • Requirement • result • Self-Interest • Selfishness • self-love • Shame • Social dilemma • Social equilibrium • Social trap • Special case • Sperner's Lemma • State Space • stationary distribution • Stochastic process • Subconscious • subsequence • Sympathy • Tax • The Evolution of Cooperation • theory • The Theory of Moral Sentiments • The Wealth of Nations • Thought experiment • Tit for Tat • Tragedy of the commons • Trait Theory • Trial and Error • Trigger strategy • Ultimatum Game • Uncertainty • Undoing (psychology) • Variance • W. D. Hamilton
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-3225-X / 140083225X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-3225-5 / 9781400832255