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Stable leaders pave the way for cooperation under time-dependent exploration rates
The exploration of different behaviours is part of the adaptation repertoire of individuals to new environments. Here, we explore how the evolution of cooperative behaviour is affected by the interplay between exploration dynamics and social learning, in particular when individuals engage on prisone...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8074787/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33972841 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.200910 |
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author | Pinheiro, Flávio L. Pacheco, Jorge M. Santos, Francisco C. |
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description | The exploration of different behaviours is part of the adaptation repertoire of individuals to new environments. Here, we explore how the evolution of cooperative behaviour is affected by the interplay between exploration dynamics and social learning, in particular when individuals engage on prisoner’s dilemma along the edges of a social network. We show that when the population undergoes a transition from strong to weak exploration rates a decline in the overall levels of cooperation is observed. However, if the rate of decay is lower in highly connected individuals (Leaders) than for the less connected individuals (Followers) then the population is able to achieve higher levels of cooperation. Finally, we show that minor differences in selection intensities (the degree of determinism in social learning) and individual exploration rates, can translate into major differences in the observed collective dynamics. |
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spelling | pubmed-80747872021-05-09 Stable leaders pave the way for cooperation under time-dependent exploration rates Pinheiro, Flávio L. Pacheco, Jorge M. Santos, Francisco C. R Soc Open Sci Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence The exploration of different behaviours is part of the adaptation repertoire of individuals to new environments. Here, we explore how the evolution of cooperative behaviour is affected by the interplay between exploration dynamics and social learning, in particular when individuals engage on prisoner’s dilemma along the edges of a social network. We show that when the population undergoes a transition from strong to weak exploration rates a decline in the overall levels of cooperation is observed. However, if the rate of decay is lower in highly connected individuals (Leaders) than for the less connected individuals (Followers) then the population is able to achieve higher levels of cooperation. Finally, we show that minor differences in selection intensities (the degree of determinism in social learning) and individual exploration rates, can translate into major differences in the observed collective dynamics. The Royal Society 2021-02-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8074787/ /pubmed/33972841 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.200910 Text en © 2021 The Authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Pinheiro, Flávio L. Pacheco, Jorge M. Santos, Francisco C. Stable leaders pave the way for cooperation under time-dependent exploration rates |
title | Stable leaders pave the way for cooperation under time-dependent exploration rates |
title_full | Stable leaders pave the way for cooperation under time-dependent exploration rates |
title_fullStr | Stable leaders pave the way for cooperation under time-dependent exploration rates |
title_full_unstemmed | Stable leaders pave the way for cooperation under time-dependent exploration rates |
title_short | Stable leaders pave the way for cooperation under time-dependent exploration rates |
title_sort | stable leaders pave the way for cooperation under time-dependent exploration rates |
topic | Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8074787/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33972841 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.200910 |
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