A novel snowdrift game model with edge weighting mechanism on the square lattice

作者:Zhang, Juan-juan*; Ning, Hong-yun; Yin, Zi-yu; Sun, Shi-wen; Wang, Li; Sun, Jun-qing; Xia, Cheng-yi
来源:Frontiers of Physics, 2012, 7(3): 366-372.
DOI:10.1007/s11467-011-0208-x

摘要

We propose a novel snowdrift game model with edge weighting mechanism to explore the cooperative behaviors among the players on the square lattice. Based on the assumption of three types of weight distribution including uniform, exponential and power-law schemes, the cooperation level is largely boosted in contrast with the traditional snowdrift game on the unweighted square lattice. Extensive numerical simulations indicate that the fraction of cooperators greatly augments, especially for the intermediate range of cost-to-benefit ratio r. Furthermore, we investigate how the cooperative behaviors are affected by the undulation amplitude of weight distribution and noise strength of strategy selection, respectively. The simulation results will be conducive to further understanding and analyzing the emergence of cooperation, which is a ubiquitous phenomenon in social and biological science.

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