Environment-based preference selection promotes cooperation in spatial prisoner’s dilemma game

The impact of environment on individuals is particularly critical. In evolutionary games, adopting the strategy of the neighbor who performs better is nontrivial for the survival and maintenance of cooperation, in that such an action may help the agents to obtain higher benefit and more obvious evol...

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Published in:Scientific reports 2018-10, Vol.8 (1), p.15616-9, Article 15616
Main Authors: Wu, Yu’e, Zhang, Shuhua, Zhang, Zhipeng
Format: Article
Language:English
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Cooperation
Dilemma Game
Environmental effects
Environmental impact
Evolution
Game Development
Heterogeneity
Humanities and Social Sciences
multidisciplinary
Preferential Selection
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Social behavior
Spatial Prisoner
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Summary:The impact of environment on individuals is particularly critical. In evolutionary games, adopting the strategy of the neighbor who performs better is nontrivial for the survival and maintenance of cooperation, in that such an action may help the agents to obtain higher benefit and more obvious evolutionary advantages. Inspired by this idea, we investigate the effect of the environment-based preference selection on the evolution of cooperation in spatial prisoner’s dilemma. A simple rule, incorporating individual preference selection via an adjustable parameter α to explore how the selection of the potential strategy sources influences individual behavior traits, is considered. Because social interaction may not be the only way of generating payoffs, we assume that the individual’s income is also affected by the environment. Besides, taking into account individual differences, we introduce the heterogeneity of the environment. Through numerous computing simulations, we find that environment-based preference selection, which accelerates the microscopic organization of cooperator clusters to resist the aggression of defectors, can truly promote cooperation within a large range of parameters. Our study indicates that the combination of heterogeneity and preference selection may be key for the sustainability of cooperation in structured populations.
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-34116-0