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The allocation of resources in a multiple-trial war of attrition conflict

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

J. C. Whittaker
J. C. Whittaker*
Affiliation:
University of Reading
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∗ Postal address: Department of Applied Statistics, University of Reading, Reading RG32AL, UK.
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Abstract

We consider a model in which players must divide a fixed amount of resource between a number of trials of an underlying contest, with the underlying contest based on the War of Attrition. We are able to find the unique ES set (a simple generalisation of the idea of an evolutionarily stable strategy) in certain circumstances: in particular we find the conditions under which the ES set may contain a pure strategy.

Keywords

EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGIESFINITE CONFLICTSGAME THEORY
Type
General Applied Probablity
Information
Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , September 1996 , pp. 933 - 964
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1996 

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