Dagg, Joachim (2017) Optimal foraging theory and economics: a historical note. [Preprint]
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Abstract
This study sheds a light on economic roots of optimal foraging/mating theory. Two examples show graphical optimisation models of behavioural ecology that are identical to much older ones of economics. The knowledge transfer has been conscious and explicit in some cases, but also less visible in others. This does no imply plagiarism or misconduct but merely shows how knowledge can diffuse along obscure, sometimes unconscious, routes of non-public and private communication.
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Keywords: | marginal value theorem, marginal utility theory, optimal foraging, optimal mating, predator switching | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory Specific Sciences > Economics General Issues > History of Science Case Studies General Issues > Models and Idealization |
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Depositing User: | Dr. Joachim L. Dagg | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 21 Oct 2017 22:57 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 21 Oct 2017 22:57 | ||||||
Item ID: | 14039 | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory Specific Sciences > Economics General Issues > History of Science Case Studies General Issues > Models and Idealization |
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Date: | February 2017 | ||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/14039 |
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