Limited Cognitive Abilities and Dominance Hierarchy

Hanyuan Huang and Jiabin Wu ()

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Abstract: We propose a novel model to explain the mechanisms underlying dominance hierarchical structures. Guided by a predetermined social convention, agents with limited cognitive abilities optimize their strategies in a Hawk-Dove game. We find that several commonly observed hierarchical structures in nature such as linear hierarchy and despotism, emerge as the total fitness-maximizing social structures given different levels of cognitive abilities.

Date: 2021-03, Revised 2022-06
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Published in Acta Biotheoretica 2022, 70: 17

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