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20192026
most citedEvolution of cooperation in the public goods game with Q-learning

41 citations · 192 across the 26 of their papers we have counts for

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26 papers

physics.soc-ph2026

Evolution of cooperation with Q-learning: how much information do we need?

Yile Ku, Xin Ou, Jiqiang Zhang +3

Cooperation is ubiquitous in both natural and human societies, yet its evolutionary basis remains a major challenge. A long-standing puzzle is whether having more information leads…

physics.soc-ph2026

Emergence of cooperation: A reputation-modulated reinforcement learning

Chenyang Zhao, Jiqiang Zhang, Li Chen +1

Reputation is widely recognized as a key mechanism for sustaining cooperation. However, most existing game-theoretic models treat reputation primarily as an external factor that mo…

q-bio.PE2026

A brief review of evolutionary game dynamics in the reinforcement learning paradigm

Guozhong Zheng, Xin Ou, Shengfeng Deng +2

Cooperation, fairness, trust, and resource coordination are cornerstones of modern civilization, yet their emergence remains inadequately explained by the persistent discrepancies…

q-bio.PE2025

Decoding species coexistence: A reinforcement learning perspective

Kaiwen Jiang, Chenyang Zhao, Shengfeng Deng +3

A central goal in ecology is to understand how biodiversity is maintained. Previous theoretical works have employed the rock-paper-scissors (RPS) game as a toy model, demonstrating…

q-bio.PE2025★ 2 cited

Evolution of cooperation in a bimodal mixture of conditional cooperators

Chenyang Zhao, Xinshi Feng, Guozhong Zheng +3

Extensive behavioral experiments reveal that conditional cooperation is a prevalent phenomenon. Previous game-theoretical studies have predominantly relied on hard-manner models, w…

cs.LG2024★ 6 cited

Decoding fairness: a reinforcement learning perspective

Guozhong Zheng, Jiqiang Zhang, Xin Ou +2

Behavioral experiments on the ultimatum game (UG) reveal that we humans prefer fair acts, which contradicts the prediction made in orthodox Economics. Existing explanations, howeve…