The Evolution Of CooperationThe Evolution of Cooperation provides valuable insights into the age-old question of whether unforced cooperation is ever possible. Widely praised and much-discussed, this classic book explores how cooperation can emerge in a world of self-seeking egoists-whether superpowers, businesses, or individuals-when there is no central authority to police their actions. The problem of cooperation is central to many different fields. Robert Axelrod recounts the famous computer tournaments in which the cooperative program Tit for Tat recorded its stunning victories, explains its application to a broad spectrum of subjects, and suggests how readers can both apply cooperative principles to their own lives and teach cooperative principles to others. |
Contents
The Problem of Cooperation | 3 |
The Emergence of Cooperation | 19 |
The Success of TIT FOR TAT | 27 |
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actually altruism analysis Anatol Rapoport average score based on reciprocity behavior best strategy better biological chapter choice collectively stable strategy Computer Chess Computer Tournament Conflict coop cooperation based decision rule developed discount parameter E. O. Wilson effective entries environment eration evolution of cooperation evolutionarily stable strategy evolutionary example exploit forgiving future Gordon Tullock hypothetical tournaments important incentive interaction iterated Prisoner's Dilemma JOSS less live-and-let-live system Maynard Smith meanies ment mutant mutual cooperation mutual defection neighbors newcomer nice rules nice strategy NYDEGGER other's pattern payoff matrix player cooperates player defects points population possible previous move Prisoner's Dilemma Tournament problem programs promote cooperation proposition provocable punishment random reputation response retaliation ROBERT AXELROD robust second round side situation Sociobiology successful rules TAT players territorial system theory tion TIT FOR TAT tournament score trench warfare X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X