Promoting Cooperation using "Kin" Biased Conditional Strategy in the Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma Game

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Abstract

This paper introduces a new mechanism using Tit-ForTat-like strategy that successfully promotes cooperation in the Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma game. The mechanism is based on a corollary of our previously presented kinship hypothesis; cooperation can emerge when players tend to cooperate with players having similar genotypes but tend to defect to players having dissimilar genotypes. A theoretical motivation for the new mechanism is presented as well as experimental results supporting the theory. The experimental results show that the kinship biased conditional cooperation greatly improves the survival of cooperative individuals, eventually driving the population to cooperating equilibrium.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Fifth Joint Conference on Information Sciences, JCIS 2000, Volume 1
EditorsP.P. Wang, P.P. Wang
Pages1044-1047
Number of pages4
Edition1
StatePublished - 2000
Externally publishedYes
EventProceedings of the Fifth Joint Conference on Information Sciences, JCIS 2000 - Atlantic City, NJ, United States
Duration: Feb 27 2000Mar 3 2000

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Joint Conference on Information Sciences
Number1
Volume5

Other

OtherProceedings of the Fifth Joint Conference on Information Sciences, JCIS 2000
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAtlantic City, NJ
Period2/27/003/3/00

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Computer Science

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