Tough guys don't dance: Intention movements and the evolution of signalling in animal contests (1998)
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Abstract
Two animals contesting possession of a resource sometimes fight, but more often engage in aggressive displays until one or the other retreats. Game theory predicts that signals of strength or aggressive intent will not be heeded unless necessity or high cost make them reliable, but some animal threat displays appear to contradict this prediction. An evolutionary simulation model is presented inwhich two animats of variable fighting ability compete for a resourceand have access to their opponents intention movements, i.e., their real-time behavioural choices. Reliable communication of fighting ability does not evolve. The results of the simulation are used to assess conflicting theories of signalling in competitive interactions.
Bibliographic entry
Noble, J. (1998). Tough guys don't dance: Intention movements and the evolution of signalling in animal contests. In B. Pfeifer, B. Blumberg, & J.-A. Meyer (Eds.), From animals to animats 5: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (pp. 471-476). Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.
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| Publication year | 1998 | |
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| Document type: | In book | |
| Publication status: | Published | |
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