Evolution of cooperation in a heterogeneous graph: fixation probabilities under weak selection.

It has been shown that natural selection favors cooperation in a homogenous graph if the benefit-to-cost ratio exceeds the degree of the graph. However, most graphs related to interactions in real populations are heterogeneous, in which some individuals have many more neighbors than others. In this...

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Main Authors: Cong Li, Boyu Zhang, Ross Cressman, Yi Tao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3688584?pdf=render