Dominance (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
Dominance may refer to:
- Dominance (C++), an aspect of virtual inheritance in the C++ programming language
- Dominance (economics)Dominance (economics)Market dominance is a measure of the strength of a brand, product, service, or firm, relative to competitive offerings. There is often a geographic element to the competitive landscape...
, in economics, the degree of inequality in market share distribution - Strategic dominance, in game theory, when one strategy is better for one opponent regardless of the other opponent's strategy
- Dominance hierarchyDominance hierarchyA dominance hierarchy is the organization of individuals in a group that occurs when competition for resources leads to aggression...
or social hierarchy, an organizational form by which individuals within a community control the distribution of resources within the community - Dominance and submission, set of behaviors, customs, and rituals in an erotic or lifestyle context
Biology
- Dominance (ethology), in animal behaviour and anthropology, the level of social status relative to other individuals
- Dominance (ecology)Dominance (ecology)Ecological dominance is the degree to which a species is more numerous than its competitors in an ecological community, or makes up more of the biomass...
, the degree of predominance of one or a few species in an ecological community - Dominance (genetics), a relationship between the effects of different versions of a gene
- Ocular dominanceOcular dominanceOcular dominance, sometimes called eye dominance or eyedness, is the tendency to prefer visual input from one eye to the other. It is somewhat analogous to the laterality of right or left handedness; however, the side of the dominant eye and the dominant hand do not always match...
, the preference of one eye over the other
Mathematics
- Strategic dominance, a method of simplification for games.
- Stochastic dominanceStochastic dominanceStochastic dominance is a form of stochastic ordering. The term is used in decision theory and decision analysis to refer to situations where one gamble can be ranked as superior to another gamble. It is based on preferences regarding outcomes...
, a situation in which one lottery (a probability distribution of outcomes) can be ranked as superior to another, with only limited knowledge of preferences
See also
- DominateDominateThe Dominate was the "despotic" latter phase of government in the ancient Roman Empire from the conclusion of the Third Century Crisis of 235–284 until the formal date of the collapse of the Western Empire in AD 476. It followed the period known as the Principate...
- Domination (disambiguation)
- Dominator (disambiguation)Dominator (disambiguation)Dominator may refer to:People*The Dominator, nickname for Mariusz Pudzianowski , a five times World's Strongest Man*The Dominator, nickname for Wayne Johnston Dominator may refer to:People*The Dominator, nickname for Mariusz Pudzianowski (Strongman and MMA fighter), a five times World's Strongest...
- World domination (disambiguation)