Spatial structure often inhibits the evolution of cooperation in the snowdrift game

Nature Materials

Volumn 428, Issue 6983, 2004, Pages 643-646

  Hauert, Christoph ^a   Doebeli, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COST ACCOUNTING; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; FORECASTING; GAME THEORY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SNOW;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOUR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; SNOWDRIFT GAMES; SPATIAL STRUCTURES;

NATURAL SCIENCES;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; GAME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; GAME THEORY; HUMANS; NATURAL DISASTERS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SNOW; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

ACCIPITRINAE; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 1942421127     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02360     Document Type: Letter

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