What are the similarities and differences between evolutionary game and general game?

Different from traditional game theory, evolutionary game theory does not require participants to be completely rational, nor does it require the condition of complete information. The concept of bounded rationality was first put forward by H.A. when studying decision-making problems. It means that human behavior can only be "reasonable, but only limited". When studying the factors affecting transaction costs, Williamson summed up the problem of bounded rationality, which is caused by two reasons: on the one hand, it is due to the limitation of human perception and cognitive ability, including the inability of individuals to be accurate in the process of obtaining, storing, tracking and using information; On the other hand, people's bounded rationality comes from the limitation of language, because individuals are limited in expressing their knowledge or feelings in a way that others can understand through sentences, figures or charts (perhaps because they have not mastered the necessary vocabulary, or perhaps because these vocabulary does not exist yet). No matter how hard they try, people will find that language restrictions will make them feel depressed in their actions. From these two aspects, it is impossible for completely rational people to exist.

Evolutionary game theory is a theory that combines game theory analysis with dynamic evolution process analysis. Methodologically, it is different from game theory, which focuses on static equilibrium and relative static equilibrium and emphasizes a dynamic equilibrium. Evolutionary game theory originated from the theory of biological evolution and successfully explained some phenomena in the process of biological evolution. Nowadays, economists use evolutionary game theory to analyze social habits, norms, systems or their influencing factors and explain their formation process, and have achieved remarkable results. Evolutionary game theory has become an important analytical tool of evolutionary economics and has gradually developed into a new field of economics.