Synergy and discounting of cooperation in social dilemmas

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 239, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 195-202

  Hauert, Christoph ^a,b,d   Michor, Franziska ^b,c   Nowak, Martin A ^b   Doebeli, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Evolution; Game theory; Social dilemmas

Indexed keywords

NATURAL SELECTION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; COOPERATION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; NATURAL SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

ANIMALS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; GAME THEORY; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 33644622609     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.08.040     Document Type: Article

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