 Group size dynamics for a group following game with shared rewardsThomas A. Wettergren Applied Mathematics and Computation, 2025, vol. 501, issue C Abstract: We consider a population game in which a group of mobile individuals must repeatedly decide between two strategies: following other neighbors or moving on their own. When following others there is an improvement due to directed motion but a sharing of the credit for any rewards obtained. Conversely, the individual strategy provides for a full share of the credit for any rewards obtained at the cost of less-directed motion. This process leads to a dilemma with dynamically adjusting strategies and a resulting dynamic change in the number of group followers. The process is modeled as an evolutionary game with simple parameters that describe the differences in the motion opportunities and the sharing of rewards. A detailed analysis of the dynamics of the game is presented to show how the parameters affect the resulting equilibria solutions. Numerical methods are used to validate the analysis conclusions and simulations are performed to validate the analytical model of the evolutionary game. Keywords: Evolutionary game theory; Population games; Replicator dynamics; Group following; Stability; Agent-based system (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:apmaco:v:501:y:2025:i:c:s0096300325001961 DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2025.129470 Access Statistics for this article Applied Mathematics and Computation is currently edited by Theodore Simos More articles in Applied Mathematics and Computation from Elsevier |
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