A Model of Human Cooperation in Social Dilemmas

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Capraro, Valerio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COALITION STRUCTURE; COOPERATION; GAME; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; NASH EQUILIBRIUM; PREDICTION; PRISONER; PROBABILITY; PUNISHMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DILEMMA;

ALGORITHMS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GAME THEORY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84883258283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072427     Document Type: Article

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