Most current attempts to explain the evolution - through individual selection - of pro-social behavior (i.e. behavior … benefits are, and it will be favoured by evolution as long as the benefits exceed the costs. We show with computer simulations …

past behavior of others. Each agent can only memorize the last h periods. Evolution selects among three preference types … interactions, direct and indirect reputation and memory constraints that is crucial for the emergence of cooperation. Taken by … itself, none of these mechanisms is sufficient to yield cooperation. …

In this paper we argue that authorities aid cooperation by means of direct coordination or the enforcement of re …

In this paper we argue that authorities aid cooperation by means of direct coordination or the enforcement of pre …

We discuss attempts to justify conditional cooperation in the Prisoners’ Dilemma based on the idea of identifying an … generates conditional cooperation. …

defined by spatial position and natural resources. It is basic for Russia and its evolution only for the last century had an … evolution of this factor allows to assert that the one who will provide higher quality of life in region will win fight. Here …

examine the prospects of self-enforcing cooperation as trade relationships evolve. It turns out that factor differentials and … specificities are of utmost importance. In fact, prospects of self-enforcing cooperation are the lower the more diverse the …. Notably, this result also holds in a recurrent, that is, in an evolutionary setting that otherwise induces cooperation in …

Differently from previous studies of tag-based cooperation, we assume that individuals fail to recognize their own tag … unconditional cooperation, unconditional defection or conditional cooperation. We then consider the removal of one or two strategies …