Coevolutionary games—A mini review

• Published in: BioSystems Vol. 99; no. 2; pp. 109 - 125
• Main Authors: Perc, Matjaž, Szolnoki, Attila
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.02.2010
• Subjects: Algorithms; Animals; Biological Evolution; Coevolution; Cooperation; Cooperative Behavior; Ecosystem; Evolutionary games; Game Theory; Humans; Models, Biological; Population Dynamics; Social dilemmas; 02.50.Le; 87.23.Ge; 87.23.Kg; Cooperation; Evolutionary games; Social dilemmas; 89.75.Fb; Coevolution

Prevalence of cooperation within groups of selfish individuals is puzzling in that it contradicts with the basic premise of natural selection. Favoring players with higher fitness, the latter is key for understanding the challenges faced by cooperators when competing with defectors. Evolutionary gam...