Submissions tagged with cooperation
(8 documents)
Evolution of Cooperation on Playing Prisoner's Dilemma Game in the Finite-Capacity Spot
Explaining the evolution of cooperative behavior has been one of main challenges in evo- lutionary theory1-6. Cooperation may collapse a surge of defectors who enjoy the benefit without cooperati…
Received 16 April 2009 06:44 UTC; Posted 16 April 2009
Posted to: Evolutionary Biology
Adoption of simultaneous different strategies against different opponents enhances cooperation
The emergence of cooperation has been widely studied in the context of game theory on structured populations. Usually the individuals adopt one strategy against all their neighbors. The structure …
Received 07 April 2009 17:24 UTC; Posted 08 April 2009
Posted to: Evolutionary Biology
A condition of cooperation. Games on network
Natural selection is often regarded as a result of severe competition. Defect seems beneficial for a single individual in many cases.However, cooperation is observed in many levels of biological sy…
Received 06 April 2009 02:37 UTC; Posted 06 April 2009
Posted to: Evolutionary Biology
Ageing as a price of cooperation and complexity: Self-organization of complex systems causes the ageing of constituent networks
The analysis of network topology and dynamics is increasingly used for the description of the structure, function and evolution of complex systems. Here we summarize key aspects of the evolvability…
Received 05 December 2008 11:47 UTC; Posted 05 December 2008
Posted to: Genetics & Genomics, Bioinformatics, Evolutionary Biology
Genetic similarity promotes evolution of cooperation under lethal intergroup competition
Altruism (helping others at a cost to oneself) may evolve via group selection if the cost of altruism to the individual is compensated for by growth differences among groups when (1) there is high …
Received 21 March 2008 22:48 UTC; Posted 24 March 2008
Posted to: Evolutionary Biology
Pro-social motive promotes early understanding of false belief
Ever since Premack & Woodruff’s classic article1, which introduced the term “theory of mind”, researchers have claimed that strategic deception is the most natural behavioural consequence of unde…
Received 20 March 2008 06:52 UTC; Posted 22 March 2008
Posted to: Developmental Biology
Numbers, not value, motivate cooperation in humans and orangutans
Cooperation among competitors-whether sharing the burden of wind resistance in the Tour de France, forming price-fixing cartels in economic markets, or adhering to arms-control agreements in intern…
Received 05 December 2007 21:07 UTC; Posted 05 December 2007
Posted to: Developmental Biology, Ecology
Evolution of Co-operation When the Strategies are Hidden: The Human Mating Game
Defection is frequently seen in co-operative systems [1-3]. Game theoretical solutions to stabilize cooperation rely on reciprocity and reputation in iterated games[4-5]. One of the basic requireme…
Received 16 August 2007 07:28 UTC; Posted 21 August 2007
Posted to: Evolutionary Biology
