Mating strategies in primates: A game theoretical approach to infanticide

Mating strategies in primates: a game theoretical approach to infanticide.

Infanticide by newly immigrated or newly dominant males is reported among a variety of taxa, such as birds, rodents, carnivores and primates. Here we present a game theoretical model to explain the presence and prevalence of infanticide in primate groups. We have formulated a three-player game involving two males and one female and show that the strategies of infanticide on the males' part and ...

Mating conflict in primates: infanticide, sexual harassment and female sexuality

Mating Strategies in Relation to Sexually Selected Infanticide in a Non-Social Carnivore: the Brown Bear

The concept of sexual selection, as first proposed by Darwin (1871), predicts that the fundamental reproductive asymmetries between males and females give rise to a conflict between sexes. Male reproductive success tends to be limited primarily by access to mates, whereas female reproductive success is usually limited by access to resources. Infanticide, the killing of dependent young by conspe...

A game theoretical approach for pricing in a two-level supply chain considering advertising and servicing

This paper considers the advertising, pricing, and service decisions simultaneously to coordinate the supply chain with a manufacturer and a retailer. The amount of market demand is influenced by advertising, pricing and service decisions. In this paper, three well-known approaches to the game theory, including the Nash, the Stackelberg-retailer, and the cooperative game are exploited to study ...

A Game Theoretical Approach to Communication Security

A Game Theoretical Approach to Communication Security