The nature of the mutation process matters

T. Demuynck () and A. Schollaert ()
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Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium from Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

Abstract: The incorporation of small mutation rates has significantly improved the predictive capacity of evolutionary models. Bergin and Lipman [1996], however, demonstrate that this improvement depends entirely on the nature of the mutation process. We provide a constructive corroboration of their result: we derive matching mutation rates for each desired set of stochastic stable states.

Keywords: Evolution; Mutation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 8 pages
Date: 2006-01
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