Social games in a social network.
We study an evolutionary version of the Prisoner's Dilemma game, played by agents placed in a small-world network. Agents are able to change their strategy, imitating that of the most successful neighbor. We observe that different topologies, ranging from regular lattices to random graphs, produce a variety of emergent behaviors. This is a contribution towards the study of social phenomena and transitions governed by the topology of the community.
Abramson
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Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro, 8400 San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina. abramson@cab.cnea.gov.ar
Kuperman
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D003163:Competitive Behavior; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D005716:Game Theory; D006126:Group Processes; D008954:Models, Biological; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012934:Social Isolation