The Optional Prisoner's Dilemma in a spatial environment: Coevolving game strategy and link weights

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Abstract

In this paper, the Optional Prisoner's Dilemma game in a spatial environment, with coevolutionary rules for both the strategy and network links between agents, is studied. Using a Monte Carlo simulation approach, a number of experiments are performed to identify favourable configurations of the environment for the emergence of cooperation in adverse scenarios. Results show that abstainers play a key role in the protection of cooperators against exploitation from defectors. Scenarios of cyclic competition and of full dominance of cooperation are also observed. This work provides insights towards gaining an in-depth understanding of the emergence of cooperative behaviour in real-world systems.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationECTA 2016 - 8th International Conference on Evolutionary Computation Theory and Applications
EditorsJuan Julian Merelo, Fernando Melicio, Jose M. Cadenas, Antonio Dourado, Kurosh Madani, Antonio Ruano, Joaquim Filipe
PublisherSCITEPRESS
Pages86-93
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9789897582011
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2016
Event8th International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence, IJCCI 2016 - Porto, Portugal
Duration: 9 Nov 201611 Nov 2016

Publication series

NameIJCCI 2016 - Proceedings of the 8th International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence
Volume1

Conference

Conference8th International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence, IJCCI 2016
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityPorto
Period9/11/1611/11/16

Keywords

  • Coevolution
  • Evolutionary game theory
  • Optional Prisoner's Dilemma game
  • Spatial environment

Authors (Note for portal: view the doc link for the full list of authors)

  • Authors
  • Cardinot, M; O'Riordan, C; Griffith, J

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