# The computational complexity of evolutionarily stable strategies

@article{Etessami2004TheCC,
title={The computational complexity of evolutionarily stable strategies},
author={Kousha Etessami and Andreas Lochbihler},
journal={International Journal of Game Theory},
year={2004},
volume={37},
pages={93-113}
}
• Published 1 April 2008
• Mathematics
• International Journal of Game Theory
The concept of evolutionarily stable strategies (ESS) has been central to applications of game theory in evolutionary biology, and it has also had an influence on the modern development of game theory. A regular ESS is an important refinement the ESS concept. Although there is a substantial literature on computing evolutionarily stable strategies, the precise computational complexity of determining the existence of an ESS in a symmetric two-player strategic form game has remained open, though…

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