Anomalous finite-size effects in the battle of the sexes

DOI10.1140/EPJB/E2008-00036-XzbMATH Open1189.91046OpenAlexW3098146665MaRDI QIDQ978643FDOQ978643

Authors J. Martínez

Publication date 25 June 2010

Published in The European Physical Journal B. Condensed Matter and Complex Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0709.0225

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of Markov chains and discrete-time Markov processes on general state spaces (social mobility, learning theory, industrial processes, etc.) (60J20) Dynamical systems in biology (37N25) Applications of game theory (91A80) Population dynamics (general) (92D25) Evolutionary games (91A22)

Abstract: The Battle of the Sexes describes asymmetric conflicts in mating behavior of males and females. Males can be philanderer or faithful, while females are either fast or coy, leading to a cyclic dynamics. The adjusted replicator equation predicts stable coexistence of all four strategies. In this situation, we consider the effects of fluctuations stemming from a finite population size. We show that they unavoidably lead to extinction of two strategies in the population. However, the typical time until extinction occurs strongly prolongs with increasing system size. In the meantime, a quasi-stationary probability distribution forms that is anomalously flat in the vicinity of the coexistence state. This behavior originates in a vanishing linear deterministic drift near the fixed point. We provide numerical data as well as an analytical approach to the mean extinction time and the quasi-stationary probability distribution.

Recommendations

• The ``battle of the sexes: A genetic model with limit cycle behavior
• Replicator-dynamics models of sexual conflict
• Self-organization in the battle of the sexes
• Reducing courtship time promotes marital bliss: the battle of the sexes game revisited with costs measured as time lost
• The spatialized, continuous-valued battle of the sexes

Cites work

• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3835792 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3249395 (Why is no real title available?)
• Evolutionary dynamics for bimatrix games: A Hamiltonian system?
• Evolutionary dynamics. Exploring the equations of life.
• Evolutionary game dynamics
• Evolutionary game dynamics in finite populations
• Fixation of strategies for an evolutionary game in finite populations
• The Center of ℤ[ S n+1 ] is the Set of Symmetric Polynomials in n Commuting Transposition-Sums
• The Fokker-Planck equation. Methods of solution and applications

Cited in

(5)

• Cyclic competition and percolation in grouping predator-prey populations
• Evolutionary game theory: theoretical concepts and applications to microbial communities
• Imitation, internal absorption and the reversal of local drift in stochastic evolutionary games
• Oscillatory dynamics in rock-paper-scissors games with mutations
• The mechanics of stochastic slowdown in evolutionary games

Describes a project that uses

Uses Software

• Wolfram Functions Site

This page was built for publication: Anomalous finite-size effects in the battle of the sexes

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q978643)