The Evolution of Cooperation in Two-Dimensional Mobile Populations with Random and Strategic Dispersal
We investigate the effect of the environment dimensionality and different dispersal strategies on the evolution of cooperation in a finite structured population of mobile individuals. We consider a population consisting of cooperators and free-riders residing on a two-dimensional lattice with period...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2022-05-01
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| Series: | Games |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4336/13/3/40 |
| Summary: | We investigate the effect of the environment dimensionality and different dispersal strategies on the evolution of cooperation in a finite structured population of mobile individuals. We consider a population consisting of cooperators and free-riders residing on a two-dimensional lattice with periodic boundaries. Individuals explore the environment according to one of the four dispersal strategies and interact with each other via a public goods game. The population evolves according to a birth–death–birth process with the fitness of the individuals deriving from the game-induced payouts. We found that the outcomes of the strategic dispersal strategies in the two-dimensional setting are identical to the outcomes in the one-dimensional setting. The random dispersal strategy, not surprisingly, resulted in the worst outcome for cooperators. |
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| ISSN: | 2073-4336 |