Wisdom of groups promotes cooperation in evolutionary social dilemmas

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Szolnoki, Attila ^a   Wang, Zhen ^b,c   Perc, Matjaž ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GAME THEORY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84866058837     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00576     Document Type: Article

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