Self-organized institutions in evolutionary dynamical-systems games.

ABSTRACT: Social institutions are systems of shared norms and rules that regulate people's behaviors, often emerging without external enforcement. They provide criteria to distinguish cooperation from defection and establish rules to sustain cooperation, shaped through long-term trial and error. While principles for successful institutions have been proposed, the mechanisms underlying their emergence remain poorly understood. To address this, we introduce the evolutionary dynamical-systems game theory that couples game actions with environmental dynamics and explores the evolution of cognitive frameworks for decision-making. We analyze a minimal model of common-pool resource management, where resources grow naturally and are harvested. Players use decision-making functions to determine whether to ha

SUBMITTER: Itao K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12012500 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature