Bishop–Cannings theorem

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The Bishop–Cannings theorem is a

simulating the game and solving it by iteration
.

The logic of (i) also applies to Nash equilibria (all strategies in the support of a mixed strategy receive the same payoff).[citation needed]

The theorem was formulated by

Sheffield University
, who published it in 1978.

A review is given by John Maynard Smith in Evolution and the Theory of Games, with proof in the appendix.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Bishop, D.T. and Cannings, C. (1978). A generalized war of attrition. Journal of Theoretical Biology 70:85–124.
  2. ^ Maynard Smith, J. 1982 Evolution and the Theory of Games, Cambridge University Press.