Cooperation through the Endogenous Evolution of Social Structure

David Hales; Shade Shutters

Complex Sciences. Second International Conference, COMPLEX 2012, Santa Fe, NM, USA, December 5-7, 2012, Revised Selected Papers

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Cooperation through the Endogenous Evolution of Social Structure

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-03473-7_10,
    author={David Hales and Shade Shutters},
    title={Cooperation through the Endogenous Evolution of Social Structure},
    proceedings={Complex Sciences. Second International Conference, COMPLEX 2012, Santa Fe, NM, USA, December 5-7, 2012, Revised Selected Papers},
    proceedings_a={COMPLEX},
    year={2013},
    month={11},
    keywords={evolution of cooperative agents group selection prisoner’s dilemma cultural evolution},
    doi={10.1007/978-3-319-03473-7_10}
}

David Hales
Shade Shutters
Year: 2013
Cooperation through the Endogenous Evolution of Social Structure
COMPLEX
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-03473-7_10

David Hales¹^,*, Shade Shutters²^,*

1: The Open University
2: Arizona State University

*Contact email: dave@davidhales.com, sshutte@asu.edu

Abstract

A number of recent models demonstrate sustained and high levels of cooperation within evolutionary systems supported by the endogenous evolution of social structure. These dynamic social structures co-evolve, under certain conditions, to support a form of group selection in which highly cooperative groups replace less cooperative groups. A necessary condition is that agents are free to move between groups and can create new groups more quickly than existing groups become invaded by defecting agents who do not cooperate.

Keywords: evolution of cooperative agents group selection prisoner’s dilemma cultural evolution

Published: 2013-11-26

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03473-7_10