Selection
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Volume 1: Issue 1-3
From Nash and Brown to Maynard Smith: Equilibria, Dynamics and ESS
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81–88
Online Publication Date:
22 Jul 2005
Publication Date:
01 Jan 2001
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/select.1.2000.1-3.8
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Nash™s three proofs for the existence of equilibria in strategic games correspond to three dynamics: The best re- sponse dynamics (equivalent to Brown™s fictitious play), the smoothed best response dynamics, and the Brown&von Neumann&Nash dynamics. We prove that an equilibrium which is evolutionarily stable as defined by Maynard Smith is (globally) asymptotically stable for each of these three dynamics.

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1585-1931
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