Evolution of cooperation in evolutionary games for Sanitation Boards
In a group of individuals that come together to produce a good or provide a service, the cooperators (who pay to produce the good) are often exploited by those who receive the benefit without paying the cost. Models were developed over time using incentives (reward or punishment) and the option of a...
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Centro Latinoamericano de Estudios en Informática
2014-08-01
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| author | Rocío Botta Gerardo Blanco Christian E. Schaerer |
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| description | In a group of individuals that come together to produce a good or provide a service, the cooperators (who pay to produce the good) are often exploited by those who receive the benefit without paying the cost. Models were developed over time using incentives (reward or punishment) and the option of abandoning the initiative to promote and stabilize the cooperation.
In this paper we analyze several models based on the evolutionary game theory and public good games. We compare and organize them in a taxonomic table following their main characteristics to select the most suitable for a specific problem.
The analyzed models are compared by using a public good problem in community projects for water supply. We have reasonable assurance that phenomena that appear on mod- els also occurs in these community projects. Therefore, we propose that evolutionary game theory can be a useful tool for policy-makers in order to improve cooperation and discourage defection in sanitation boards. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eeb18687d39e46c98f91a992f01c87bb2022-12-22T00:08:44ZengCentro Latinoamericano de Estudios en InformáticaCLEI Electronic Journal0717-50002014-08-0117210.19153/cleiej.17.2.6Evolution of cooperation in evolutionary games for Sanitation BoardsRocío BottaGerardo BlancoChristian E. SchaererIn a group of individuals that come together to produce a good or provide a service, the cooperators (who pay to produce the good) are often exploited by those who receive the benefit without paying the cost. Models were developed over time using incentives (reward or punishment) and the option of abandoning the initiative to promote and stabilize the cooperation. In this paper we analyze several models based on the evolutionary game theory and public good games. We compare and organize them in a taxonomic table following their main characteristics to select the most suitable for a specific problem. The analyzed models are compared by using a public good problem in community projects for water supply. We have reasonable assurance that phenomena that appear on mod- els also occurs in these community projects. Therefore, we propose that evolutionary game theory can be a useful tool for policy-makers in order to improve cooperation and discourage defection in sanitation boards.http://www.clei.org/cleiej-beta/index.php/cleiej/article/view/88 |
| spellingShingle | Rocío Botta Gerardo Blanco Christian E. Schaerer Evolution of cooperation in evolutionary games for Sanitation Boards CLEI Electronic Journal |
| title | Evolution of cooperation in evolutionary games for Sanitation Boards |
| title_full | Evolution of cooperation in evolutionary games for Sanitation Boards |
| title_fullStr | Evolution of cooperation in evolutionary games for Sanitation Boards |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evolution of cooperation in evolutionary games for Sanitation Boards |
| title_short | Evolution of cooperation in evolutionary games for Sanitation Boards |
| title_sort | evolution of cooperation in evolutionary games for sanitation boards |
| url | http://www.clei.org/cleiej-beta/index.php/cleiej/article/view/88 |
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