2 papers
q-bio.PE2020
When Costly Punishment Becomes Evolutionarily Beneficial
Ivan Ezeigbo
Cooperation in evolutionary biology means paying a cost, c, to enjoy benefits, b. A defector is one who does not pay any cost but enjoys the benefits of cooperators. Human societie…
q-bio.PE2018
How costly punishment, diversity, and density of connectivity influence cooperation in a biological network
Ivan C. Ezeigbo
It has been an old unsolved puzzle to evolutionary theorists on which mechanisms would increase large-scale cooperation in human societies. Thus, how such mechanisms operate in a b…