Optimality Theory Steps

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  • Optimality Theory Steps of Analysis
    • 1. Identify Problem (decision variable)
      • E.G. what food to eat
    • 2. Choose currency (currency variable)
      • E.G. Trying to maximise rate of food intake
    • 3. Identify alternative solutions and constraints (constraint variable)
      • E.G. Alternative food sources in environment
    • 4. Quantify costs and benefits of alternatives and currency
      • E.G. Calories, grams of fat/carbs/protein. Time to catch and eat.
    • 5. Assume appropriate genetic variation has arisen in organisms' history and the population is at the end of an evolutionary process

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