Mini-symposium 13

Evolutionary games

Game theory was invented by John von Neumann and Oscar Morgenstern to study strategic and economic decisions of humans. In the 1970s Maynard Smith and Price, introduced the concept into ecology in order to explain why conflicts over territory between male animals of the same species are usually of the ``limited war'' type and do not cause serious damage. In the 1980s Axelrod and Hamilton used games to explore the paradox of altruistic behavior through the Prisoner's Dillema. In the last 10 years, evolutionary game theory has been used to study the interactions between different types of cells in cancer. In this symposium we will explore some of the many applications.

Invited speakers

David Basanta: Tumor Heterogeneity: Insights from Game Theory.

Nicolas Lanchier: Best-response dynamics.

Organisers

Rick Durrett (Duke U, USA).