A Dynamical Mechanism for the Evolution and Breakdown of Cooperation in the Snowdrift Game in Adaptive Networks

Gerd Zschaler; Arne Traulsen; Thilo Gross

Bio-Inspired Models of Network, Information, and Computing Systems. 5th International ICST Conference, BIONETICS 2010, Boston, USA, December 1-3, 2010, Revised Selected Papers

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A Dynamical Mechanism for the Evolution and Breakdown of Cooperation in the Snowdrift Game in Adaptive Networks

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    title={A Dynamical Mechanism for the Evolution and Breakdown of Cooperation in the Snowdrift Game in Adaptive Networks},
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Gerd Zschaler
Arne Traulsen
Thilo Gross
Year: 2012
A Dynamical Mechanism for the Evolution and Breakdown of Cooperation in the Snowdrift Game in Adaptive Networks
BIONETICS
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-32615-8_50

Gerd Zschaler¹^,*, Arne Traulsen², Thilo Gross¹

1: Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme
2: Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionsbiologie

*Contact email: zschaler@pks.mpg.de

Abstract

We present a novel dynamical mechanism promoting cooperation in the snowdrift game on an adaptive network. In infinite systems, asymptotic full cooperation can be achieved, while sudden breakdowns of highly cooperative states are observed in finite systems.

Published: 2012-10-18

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32615-8_50