570 research outputs found
Simulation of an Optional Strategy in the Prisoner's Dilemma in Spatial and Non-spatial Environments
This paper presents research comparing the effects of different environments
on the outcome of an extended Prisoner's Dilemma, in which agents have the
option to abstain from playing the game. We consider three different pure
strategies: cooperation, defection and abstinence. We adopt an evolutionary
game theoretic approach and consider two different environments: the first
which imposes no spatial constraints and the second in which agents are placed
on a lattice grid. We analyse the performance of the three strategies as we
vary the loner's payoff in both structured and unstructured environments.
Furthermore we also present the results of simulations which identify scenarios
in which cooperative clusters of agents emerge and persist in both
environments.Comment: 12 pages, 8 figures. International Conference on the Simulation of
Adaptive Behavio
Cooperation and Contagion in Web-Based, Networked Public Goods Experiments
A longstanding idea in the literature on human cooperation is that
cooperation should be reinforced when conditional cooperators are more likely
to interact. In the context of social networks, this idea implies that
cooperation should fare better in highly clustered networks such as cliques
than in networks with low clustering such as random networks. To test this
hypothesis, we conducted a series of web-based experiments, in which 24
individuals played a local public goods game arranged on one of five network
topologies that varied between disconnected cliques and a random regular graph.
In contrast with previous theoretical work, we found that network topology had
no significant effect on average contributions. This result implies either that
individuals are not conditional cooperators, or else that cooperation does not
benefit from positive reinforcement between connected neighbors. We then tested
both of these possibilities in two subsequent series of experiments in which
artificial seed players were introduced, making either full or zero
contributions. First, we found that although players did generally behave like
conditional cooperators, they were as likely to decrease their contributions in
response to low contributing neighbors as they were to increase their
contributions in response to high contributing neighbors. Second, we found that
positive effects of cooperation were contagious only to direct neighbors in the
network. In total we report on 113 human subjects experiments, highlighting the
speed, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness of web-based experiments over those
conducted in physical labs
Evaluating the Impact of an Integrated Urban Design of Transport Infrastructure and Public Space on Human Behavior and Environmental Quality: A Case Study in Beijing
Urban transport infrastructure can result in the physical, psychological and environmental separation of neighborhoods, public spaces and pedestrian networks, leading to negative impacts on citizens’ daily commutes, social activities and the quality of the ecosystem. An integrated design of transport infrastructure and public space is beneficial for mediating these negative impacts. In this paper, we propose an integrated methodology, which combines urban design, computational scenario evaluation and decision-making processes, based on a conceptual model of human and ecological needs-driven planning. To evaluate the impacts of the road network and public space design on individual outdoor activities, travel behavior and air pollution, an agent-based model is demonstrated. This model is then applied to a case study in Beijing, leading to hourly traffic volume maps and car-related air pollution heat maps of a baseline road network-public space design
Evolutionary biology: a basic science for psychiatry?
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/65529/1/j.1600-0447.1992.tb03234.x.pd
Axelrod’s metanorm games on networks
Metanorms is a mechanism proposed to promote cooperation in social dilemmas. Recent experimental results show that
network structures that underlie social interactions influence the emergence of norms that promote cooperation. We
generalize Axelrod’s analysis of metanorms dynamics to interactions unfolding on networks through simulation and
mathematical modeling. Network topology strongly influences the effectiveness of the metanorms mechanism in
establishing cooperation. In particular, we find that average degree, clustering coefficient and the average number of
triplets per node play key roles in sustaining or collapsing cooperationSpanish MICINN projects CSD2010-00034 (CONSOLIDER-INGENIO 2010) and DPI2010-16920, and by the Junta de Castilla y
Leo´ n, references BU034A08 and GREX251-2009
Hypernovae and Other Black-Hole-Forming Supernovae
During the last few years, a number of exceptional core-collapse supernovae
(SNe) have been discovered. Their kinetic energy of the explosions are larger
by more than an order of magnitude than the typical values for this type of
SNe, so that these SNe have been called `Hypernovae'. We first describe how the
basic properties of hypernovae can be derived from observations and modeling.
These hypernovae seem to come from rather massive stars, thus forming black
holes. On the other hand, there are some examples of massive SNe with only a
small kinetic energy. We suggest that stars with non-rotating black holes are
likely to collapse "quietly" ejecting a small amount of heavy elements (Faint
supernovae). In contrast, stars with rotating black holes are likely to give
rise to very energetic supernovae (Hypernovae). We present distinct
nucleosynthesis features of these two types of "black-hole-forming" supernovae.
Hypernova nucleosynthesis is characterized by larger abundance ratios
(Zn,Co,V,Ti)/Fe and smaller (Mn,Cr)/Fe. Nucleosynthesis in Faint supernovae is
characterized by a large amount of fall-back. We show that the abundance
pattern of the most Fe deficient star, HE0107-5240, and other extremely
metal-poor carbon-rich stars are in good accord with those of
black-hole-forming supernovae, but not pair-instability supernovae. This
suggests that black-hole-forming supernovae made important contributions to the
early Galactic (and cosmic) chemical evolution.Comment: 49 pages, to be published in "Stellar Collapse" (Astrophysics and
Space Science; Kluwer) ed. C. L. Fryer (2003
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