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Evolution of Cooperation through Power Law Distributed Conflicts
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Source
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-01-17
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
At an individual level, cooperation can be seen as a behaviour that uses personal resource to support others or the groups which one belongs to.
In a conflict between two individuals, a selfish person gains an advantage over a cooperative opponent, while in a group-group conflict the group with more cooperators wins.
In this work, we develop a population model with continual conflicts at various scales and show cooperation can be sustained even when interpersonal conflicts dominate, as long as the conflict size follows a power law.
The power law assumption has been met in several observations from real-world conflicts.
Specifically if the population is structured on a scale-free network, both the power law distribution of conflicts and the survival of cooperation can be naturally induced without assuming a homogeneous population or frequent relocation of members.
On the scale-free network, even when most people become selfish from continual person-person conflicts, people on the hubs tend to remain unselfish and play a role as “repositories” of cooperation.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kim, Pilwon. 2017. Evolution of Cooperation through Power Law Distributed Conflicts. Complexity،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1143670
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kim, Pilwon. Evolution of Cooperation through Power Law Distributed Conflicts. Complexity No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1143670
American Medical Association (AMA)
Kim, Pilwon. Evolution of Cooperation through Power Law Distributed Conflicts. Complexity. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1143670
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1143670