Journal•ISSN: 0276-8739
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
Wiley-Blackwell
About: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management is an academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Public policy & Policy analysis. It has an ISSN identifier of 0276-8739. Over the lifetime, 2790 publications have been published receiving 155499 citations. The journal is also known as: Policy analysis and management.
Topics: Public policy, Policy analysis, Government, Population, Welfare
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TL;DR: A model is developed based on the concept of an evolutionarily stable strategy in the context of the Prisoner's Dilemma game to show how cooperation based on reciprocity can get started in an asocial world, can thrive while interacting with a wide range of other strategies, and can resist invasion once fully established.
Abstract: Cooperation in organisms, whether bacteria or primates, has been a difficulty for evolutionary theory since Darwin. On the assumption that interactions between pairs of individuals occur on a probabilistic basis, a model is developed based on the concept of an evolutionarily stable strategy in the context of the Prisoner's Dilemma game. Deductions from the model, and the results of a computer tournament show how cooperation based on reciprocity can get started in an asocial world, can thrive while interacting with a wide range of other strategies, and can resist invasion once fully established. Potential applications include specific aspects of territoriality, mating, and disease.
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