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High-order punishment and the evolution of cooperation
Publikationstyp
Journal Article
Date Issued
2006-10
Sprache
English
TORE-URI
Start Page
379
Citation
8th annual conference on Genetic and evolutionary computation (GECCO 2006)
Publisher DOI
The Prisoner's Dilemma and the Public Goods Game are models to study mechanisms leading to the evolution of cooperation. From a simplified rational and egoistic perspective there should be no altruistic cooperation in these games at all. Previous studies observed circumstances under which cooperation can emerge. This paper demonstrates that high-order punishment opportunities can maintain a higher cooperation level in an agent based simulation of the evolution of cooperation.