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Indexed by: Journal Papers

Date of Publication: 2020-06-01

Journal: PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS

Included Journals: SCIE

Volume: 547

ISSN: 0378-4371

Key Words: Cooperation; Information asymmetry; Changeable updating rule; Population structure; Public goods game

Abstract: Information asymmetry makes individuals rely on different criteria when updating strategies. We combined the Fermi and aspiration process into a changeable process. Our aim is to study how individuals change strategies based on the selection of updating rules and how this affects the evolution of cooperation in public goods game. Our analytical and simulated results indicate that the changeable process indeed can effectively promote cooperation both in well-mixed and structured populations. A striking finding is that the cooperation level is a nonmonotonic function of the aspiration value in the structured population when the social dilemma is weak. Too high probability that individual adopts the aspiration process will impede the evolution of cooperation for low aspiration value. Conversely, it will enhance the evolution of cooperation for high aspiration value. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.