Escaping the tragedy of the commons via directed investments

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 287, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-41

  Vukov, Jeromos ^a   Santos, Francisco C ^a,b   Pacheco, Jorge M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Complex networks; Evolution of cooperation; Evolutionary game theory; Public goods game; Structured populations

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; GAME THEORY; GROUP SIZE; OPTIMIZATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDITIONAL REACTIVE CASE; COOPERATION; GAME; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNCONDITIONAL CONSTRAINED CASE;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GAME THEORY; GIFT GIVING; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS;

EID: 80052599888     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.07.022     Document Type: Article

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