Population structure induces a symmetry breaking favoring the emergence of cooperation.

The evolution of cooperation described in terms of simple two-person interactions has received considerable attention in recent years, where several key results were obtained. Among those, it is now well established that the web of social interaction networks promotes the emergence of cooperation wh...

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Main Authors: Jorge M Pacheco, Flávio L Pinheiro, Francisco C Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-12-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2782104?pdf=render