Evolution of cooperative strategies from first principles

Mikhail Burtsev () and Peter Turchin
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Mikhail Burtsev: Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of RAS
Peter Turchin: University of Connecticut

Nature, 2006, vol. 440, issue 7087, 1041-1044

Abstract: Ruffling the feathers Explaining the evolution of cooperation is one of the trickiest problems in evolutionary biology. Modelling interactions using game theory has yielded dividends, but this approach is often limited by a small set of possible strategies. A new approach, using a computer model with an expanded range of possible strategies, should provide a more stringent test of the theory. This model really lets the players off the leash; the notional organisms can even make their own rules as they go along. The result is a rich ecology of cooperative behaviour never before seen in such simulations, with cooperative 'starlings' and 'ravens' joining the 'hawks' and 'doves' of conventional game theory.

Date: 2006
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