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A Reinterpretation of Davenport's Game Theory Analysis: Brief Communication
Author(s) -
BAGNATO ROBERT
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
american anthropologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1548-1433
pISSN - 0002-7294
DOI - 10.1525/aa.1974.76.1.02a00130
Subject(s) - reinterpretation , fishing , interpretation (philosophy) , game theory , mathematical economics , sociology , epistemology , mathematics , philosophy , aesthetics , law , political science , linguistics
Davenport's classic application to anthropology of game theory is reinterpreted so as to separate the mathematics of his model from the criticized game theory interpretation of that mathematics. The reinterpretation implies that the fishing pattern of a certain Jamaican fishing village may be the one that produces the steadiest average net income for the village as a whole.