Degree Variance and Emotional Strategies Catalyze Cooperation in Dynamic Signed Networks

Proceedings of the European Conference on Modelling and Simulation 2014

16 Pages Posted: 25 Apr 2014

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Simone Righi

Ca Foscari University of Venice, Department of Economics, Students; Department of Computer Science; University College London - Financial Computing and Analytics Group, Department of Computer Science

Károly Takács

Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS) - Centre for Social Sciences

Date Written: April 24, 2014

Abstract

We study the problem of the emergence of cooperation in dynamic signed networks where agent strategies coevolve with relational signs and network topology. Running simulations based on an agent-based model, we compare results obtained in a regular lattice initialization with those obtained on a comparable random network initialization. We show that the increased degree heterogeneity at the outset enlarges the parametric conditions in which cooperation survives in the long run. Furthermore, we show how the presence of sign-dependent emotional strategies catalyze the evolution of cooperation with both network topology initializations.

Keywords: evolution of cooperation, signed graphs, network dynamics, negative ties, agent-based models, degree heterogeneity

Suggested Citation

Righi, Simone and Righi, Simone and Takács, Károly, Degree Variance and Emotional Strategies Catalyze Cooperation in Dynamic Signed Networks (April 24, 2014). Proceedings of the European Conference on Modelling and Simulation 2014, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2428697

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Károly Takács

Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS) - Centre for Social Sciences ( email )

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Budapest, H-1014
Hungary

HOME PAGE: http://web.uni-corvinus.hu/~tkaroly

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