Foundations of Social Evolution (eBook)

Steven A. Frank (Autor)

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2019
280 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-20682-0 (ISBN)

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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 "e;how-to"e; guide for constructing models of social behavior. It is essential reading for evolutionary biologists and for economists, mathematicians, and others interested in natural selection.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.12.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Monographs in Behavior and Ecology
• Reihe/Serie: Monographs in Behavior and Ecology
• Zusatzinfo: 2 tables 39 line illustrations
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Allele • allele frequency • alleles • Analogy • ant colony • Bayesian • Bayesian inference • Behavior • Calculation • Causality • Charles Darwin • Classical Conditioning • Coefficient of relationship • Coevolution • Competition • Conditional probability • correlation coefficient • Cost–benefit analysis • Demographic Analysis • Demography • Density dependence • Ecology • Economic Efficiency • estimation • Estimator • Evolution • evolutionary algorithm • evolutionary biology • evolutionary dynamics • expected value • Fecundity • female • fertility • Fisher's fundamental theorem of natural selection • Fitness (biology) • fitness function • Fitness model (network theory) • Fixation index • future value • Gamete • genetic variability • genetic variance • Genotype • haplodiploidy • heredity • Heritability • Inbreeding • inclusive fitness • inference • Kin recognition • kin selection • life history theory • linear regression • Linkage Disequilibrium • Marginal cost • Marginal return • marginal utility • Marginal value • mating • Mendelian Inheritance • Natural selection • Offspring • On the Origin of Species • Overdominance • Parental investment • Particulate inheritance • Phenotype • Phenotypic trait • Population Genetics • Population Size • posterior probability • Prediction • Present Value • Price equation • Prior probability • Probability • Quantitative genetics • Reproduction • Reproductive success • Reproductive value (population genetics) • result • school of thought • Selection coefficient • Sex allocation • Sex Ratio • Social behavior • social character • Social Class • Social Evolution • Sociality • Social organism • social relation • Social Status • Stochastic process • Supply (economics) • theory • underdominance • value-form • W. D. Hamilton • weighting
• ISBN-10: 0-691-20682-1 / 0691206821
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-20682-0 / 9780691206820