The continuous Sir Philip Sidney game: a simple model of biological signalling.

An analysis of Maynard Smith's two-player, ESS model of biological signalling, the "Sir Philip Sidney game", is presented. The stable strategies of the players in this game are shown to satisfy the conditions of Zahavi's handicap principle. At equilibrium, signals are honest, cos...

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Main Authors: Johnstone, R, Grafen, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1992