Adaptive and bounded investment returns promote cooperation in spatial public goods games.

The public goods game is one of the most famous models for studying the evolution of cooperation in sizable groups. The multiplication factor in this game can characterize the investment return from the public good, which may be variable depending on the interactive environment in realistic situatio...

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Main Authors: Xiaojie Chen, Yongkui Liu, Yonghui Zhou, Long Wang, Matjaž Perc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3353963?pdf=render