Coordination Games on Dynamical Networks
We propose a model in which agents of a population interacting according to a network of contacts play games of coordination with each other and can also dynamically break and redirect links to neighbors if they are unsatisfied. As a result, there is co-evolution of strategies in the population and...
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| author | Enea Pestelacci Marco Tomassini |
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| description | We propose a model in which agents of a population interacting according to a network of contacts play games of coordination with each other and can also dynamically break and redirect links to neighbors if they are unsatisfied. As a result, there is co-evolution of strategies in the population and of the graph that represents the network of contacts. We apply the model to the class of pure and general coordination games. For pure coordination games, the networks co-evolve towards the polarization of different strategies. In the case of general coordination games our results show that the possibility of refusing neighbors and choosing different partners increases the success rate of the Pareto-dominant equilibrium. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4dd5f52e70674ac3b9fdcc5c4db8c1642022-12-21T23:13:29ZengMDPI AGGames2073-43362010-07-011324226110.3390/g1030242Coordination Games on Dynamical NetworksEnea PestelacciMarco TomassiniWe propose a model in which agents of a population interacting according to a network of contacts play games of coordination with each other and can also dynamically break and redirect links to neighbors if they are unsatisfied. As a result, there is co-evolution of strategies in the population and of the graph that represents the network of contacts. We apply the model to the class of pure and general coordination games. For pure coordination games, the networks co-evolve towards the polarization of different strategies. In the case of general coordination games our results show that the possibility of refusing neighbors and choosing different partners increases the success rate of the Pareto-dominant equilibrium.http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4336/1/3/242/evolutionary game theorycoordination gamesgames on dynamical networksco-evolution |
| spellingShingle | Enea Pestelacci Marco Tomassini Coordination Games on Dynamical Networks Games evolutionary game theory coordination games games on dynamical networks co-evolution |
| title | Coordination Games on Dynamical Networks |
| title_full | Coordination Games on Dynamical Networks |
| title_fullStr | Coordination Games on Dynamical Networks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Coordination Games on Dynamical Networks |
| title_short | Coordination Games on Dynamical Networks |
| title_sort | coordination games on dynamical networks |
| topic | evolutionary game theory coordination games games on dynamical networks co-evolution |
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