An analysis of the replicator dynamics for an asymmetric hawk-dove game (Q1656144)

Summary: We analyze, using a dynamical systems approach, the replicator dynamics for the asymmetric hawk-dove game in which there is a set of four pure strategies with arbitrary payoffs. We give a full account of the equilibrium points and their stabilities and derive the Nash equilibria. We also give a detailed account of the local bifurcations that the system exhibits based on choices of the typical hawk-dove parameters \(v\) and \(c\). We also give details on the connections between the results found in this work and those of the standard two-strategy hawk-dove game. We conclude the paper with some examples of numerical simulations that further illustrate some global behaviours of the system.