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Game theory has been introduced by von Neumann and Morgenstern (1944) as a tool for the analysis of problems arising in economics and social science. Strong assumptions on the rationality of the players seemed to be indispensable at the basis of game theory. Therefore, it came as a surprise that after the pioneering paper of Maynard Smith and Price (1973) more and more biologists began to apply game theory.
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Maynard Smith, J. and G.R. Price. 1973. The Logic of Animal Conflict. Nature 246: 15–18.
von Neumann, J. and O. Morgenstern. 1944. Theory of Games and Economic Behavior. Princeton, New Jersey: The Princeton University Press.
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Selten, R. (1991). Introduction to Volume I: Evolution and Game Dynamics. In: Selten, R. (eds) Game Equilibrium Models I. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02674-8_2
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