Editing Evolutionary game theory (section)

{{Short description|Application of game theory to evolving populations in biology}}
'''Evolutionary game theory''' ('''EGT''') is the application of [[game theory]] to evolving populations in [[biology]]. It defines a framework of contests, strategies, and analytics into which [[Darwinism|Darwinian]] competition can be modelled. It originated in 1973 with [[John Maynard Smith]] and [[George R. Price]]'s formalisation of contests, analysed as strategies, and the mathematical criteria that can be used to predict the results of competing strategies.<ref name=Price>{{Cite journal |last1=Maynard Smith |first1=John | last2=Price |first2=G. R. | title=The Logic of Animal Conflict | journal=Nature | year=1973 | volume=246 | issue=5427 | pages=15–18 | s2cid=4224989| doi=10.1038/246015a0|bibcode=1973Natur.246...15S}}</ref>

Evolutionary game theory differs from classical game theory in focusing more on the dynamics of strategy change.<ref name=Newton2018renaissance>{{cite journal | last1=Newton | first1=Jonathan | year=2018 | title=Evolutionary Game Theory: A Renaissance | journal=Games | volume=9 | issue=2| pages=31 | doi=10.3390/g9020031| url=https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/179191/1/games-09-00031-v2.pdf | doi-access=free }}</ref> This is influenced by the frequency of the competing strategies in the population.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Networks, Crowds, and Markets: Reasoning About a Highly Connected World |last1=Easley |first1=David |last2=Kleinberg |first2=Jon |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2010 |isbn=9780521195331 |url=http://www.cs.cornell.edu/home/kleinber/networks-book/networks-book-ch07.pdf}}</ref>

Evolutionary game theory has helped to explain the basis of [[altruism (biology)|altruistic]] behaviours in Darwinian [[evolution]]. It has in turn become of interest to [[economists]],<ref>{{cite book |first=Kandori |last=Michihiro |authorlink=Michihiro Kandori |chapter=Evolutionary game theory in economics |pages=243–277 |title=Advances in Economics and Econometrics : Theory and Applications |volume=1 |editor-first=David M. |editor-last=Kreps |editor2-first=Kenneth F. |editor2-last=Wallis |location= |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1997 |isbn=0-521-58983-5 }}</ref> [[sociologists]], [[anthropologists]], and [[philosophers]].