Cooperation, norms, and revolutions: a unified game-theoretical approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cooperation is of utmost importance to society as a whole, but is often challenged by individual self-interests. While game theory has studied this problem extensively, there is little work on interactions within and across groups with different preferences or beliefs. Yet, people from different social or cultural backgrounds often meet and interact. This can yield conflict, since behavior that is considered cooperative by one population might be perceived as non-cooperative from the viewpoint of another.

Methodology and principal findings

To understand the dynamics and outcome of the competitive interactions within and between groups, we study game-dynamical replicator equations for multiple populations with incompatible interests and different power (be this due

SUBMITTER: Helbing D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2953489 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature