The Calculus of Selfishness
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The Calculus of Selfishness is a book by Karl Sigmund that uses mathematical and game-theoretic models to analyze how individual self-interest shapes cooperation, conflict, and social behavior.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Calculus of Selfishness Context triple: [Karl Sigmund, notableWork, The Calculus of Selfishness]
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The Economics of Altruism
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The Selfish Gene
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Calculus of Selfishness Target entity description: The Calculus of Selfishness is a book by Karl Sigmund that uses mathematical and game-theoretic models to analyze how individual self-interest shapes cooperation, conflict, and social behavior.
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A.
The Genetical Evolution of Social Behaviour
The Genetical Evolution of Social Behaviour is William D. Hamilton’s landmark 1964 paper that founded modern kin selection theory and transformed the study of social evolution in biology.
-
B.
The Complexity of Cooperation
The Complexity of Cooperation is a scholarly work by Avi Wigderson that explores how ideas from computational complexity theory illuminate strategic behavior, game theory, and cooperative problem-solving.
-
C.
Evolution and the Theory of Games
Evolution and the Theory of Games is a seminal 1982 book by John Maynard Smith that applies game theory to evolutionary biology, introducing concepts such as evolutionarily stable strategies to explain animal behavior and the evolution of cooperation and conflict.
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D.
The Economics of Altruism
The Economics of Altruism is a scholarly work by economist Stefano Zamagni that analyzes how altruistic behavior and ethical considerations can be incorporated into economic theory and practice.
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E.
The Selfish Gene
The Selfish Gene is a landmark 1976 book by Richard Dawkins that popularized a gene-centered view of evolution and introduced concepts like memes to a broad audience.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
biology
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economics ⓘ evolutionary biology ⓘ mathematics ⓘ social science ⓘ |
| author | Karl Sigmund ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| genre |
game theory book
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mathematics book ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ popular science book ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
ebook
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hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ |
| hasSubjectArea |
behavioral economics
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evolution of cooperation ⓘ mathematical biology ⓘ population dynamics ⓘ rational choice theory ⓘ social dilemmas ⓘ |
| isbn10 | 0691142759 ⓘ |
| isbn13 | 9780691142759 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
conflict
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cooperation ⓘ evolutionary game theory ⓘ game theory ⓘ mathematical modeling ⓘ self-interest ⓘ social behavior ⓘ |
| notableFor | using mathematical models to analyze self-interest and cooperation ⓘ |
| pageCount | 192 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Princeton Series in Theoretical and Computational Biology ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2010 ⓘ |
| publisher | Princeton University Press ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
advanced undergraduates
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graduate students ⓘ researchers ⓘ |
| usesConcept |
Nash equilibrium
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Prisoner’s Dilemma ⓘ evolutionarily stable strategy ⓘ kin selection ⓘ public goods games ⓘ punishment and reward mechanisms ⓘ reciprocal altruism ⓘ replicator dynamics ⓘ |
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