English

Noun

evolutionarily stable strategy ‎(plural evolutionarily stable strategies)

1. (biology) A strategy that, when adopted by a population, is effective and unlikely to be replaced by another strategy.
   • 1976, Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene

     To be an evolutionarily stable strategy, remember, a strategy must not be invadable, when it is common, by a rare mutant strategy.

   • 1976, Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene

     An evolutionarily stable strategy is a strategy that does well against copies of itself.

See also

• Nash equilibrium
• game theory
• ESS