Evolutionary escape from the prisoner's dilemma

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 245, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 411-422

  Worden, Lee ^a,b   Levin, Simon A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive dynamics; Agent based models; Agent based simulation; Byproduct cooperation; Byproduct mutualism; Complex systems; Cultural evolution; Division of labor game; Evolution of cooperation; Evolutionary game theory; Prisoner's dilemma; Tragedy of the commons

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GAME THEORY; MUTUALISM; PRISONER DILEMMA;

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GAME; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; GAME THEORY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33847671901     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2006.10.011     Document Type: Article

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