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Evolution of cooperation driven by zealots
Recent experimental results with humans involved in social dilemma games
suggest that cooperation may be a contagious phenomenon and that the selection
pressure operating on evolutionary dynamics (i.e., mimicry) is relatively weak.
I propose an evolutionary dynamics model that links these experimental findings
and evolution of cooperation. By assuming a small fraction of (imperfect)
zealous cooperators, I show that a large fraction of cooperation emerges in
evolutionary dynamics of social dilemma games. Even if defection is more
lucrative than cooperation for most individuals, they often mimic cooperation
of fellows unless the selection pressure is very strong. Then, zealous
cooperators can transform the population to be even fully cooperative under
standard evolutionary dynamics.Comment: 5 figure
Evolutionary dynamics of cooperation on interdependent networks with Prisoner's Dilemma and Snowdrift Game
The world in which we are living is a huge network of networks and should be
described by interdependent networks. The interdependence between networks
significantly affects the evolutionary dynamics of cooperation on them.
Meanwhile, due to the diversity and complexity of social and biological
systems, players on different networks may not interact with each other by the
same way, which should be described by multiple models in evolutionary game
theory, such as the Prisoner's Dilemma and Snowdrift Game. We therefore study
the evolutionary dynamics of cooperation on two interdependent networks playing
different games respectively. We clearly evidence that, with the increment of
network interdependence, the evolution of cooperation is dramatically promoted
on the network playing Prisoner's Dilemma. The cooperation level of the network
playing Snowdrift Game reduces correspondingly, although it is almost
invisible. In particular, there exists an optimal intermediate region of
network interdependence maximizing the growth rate of the evolution of
cooperation on the network playing Prisoner's Dilemma. Remarkably, players
contacting with other network have advantage in the evolution of cooperation
than the others on the same network.Comment: 6 pages, 6 figure
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