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

41 citations · 191 across the 20 of their papers we have counts for

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21 papers

cs.LG2026

Evolution of fairness in multi-objective reinforcement learning framework

Jingyi Zhang, Xin Ou, Guozhong Zheng +3

Fairness, as a fundamental social norm, continues to pose a longstanding puzzle regarding its emergence. Traditional game-theoretic models largely rely on the assumption of \emph{H…

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★ 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…

physics.soc-ph2024

Cooperation in Public Goods Games: Leveraging Other-Regarding Reinforcement Learning on Hypergraphs

Bo-Ying Li, Zhen-Na Zhang, Guo-Zhong Zheng +3

Cooperation as a self-organized collective behavior plays a significant role in the evolution of ecosystems and human society. Reinforcement learning (RL) offers a new perspective,…

q-bio.PE2024★ 41 cited

Evolution of cooperation in the public goods game with Q-learning

Guozhong Zheng, Jiqiang Zhang, Shengfeng Deng +2

Recent paradigm shifts from imitation learning to reinforcement learning (RL) is shown to be productive in understanding human behaviors. In the RL paradigm, individuals search for…

q-bio.PE2024★ 6 cited

Evolution of cooperation with Q-learning: the impact of information perception

Guozhong Zheng, Zhenwei Ding, Jiqiang Zhang +3

The inherent complexity of human beings manifests in a remarkable diversity of responses to intricate environments, enabling us to approach problems from varied perspectives. Howev…

q-bio.PE2024★ 10 cited

Catalytic evolution of cooperation in a population with behavioural bimodality

Anhui Sheng, Jing Zhang, Guozhong Zheng +3

The remarkable adaptability of humans in response to complex environments is often demonstrated by the context-dependent adoption of different behavioral modes. However, the existi…

q-bio.PE2024★ 16 cited

Emergence of cooperation under punishment: A reinforcement learning perspective

Chenyang Zhao, Guozhong Zheng, Chun Zhang +2

Punishment is a common tactic to sustain cooperation and has been extensively studied for a long time. While most of previous game-theoretic work adopt the imitation learning where…

physics.soc-ph2024★ 13 cited

Emergence of anti-coordinated patterns in snowdrift game by reinforcement learning

Zhen-Wei Ding, Ji-Qiang Zhang, Guo-Zhong Zheng +4

Patterns by self-organization in nature have garnered significant interest in a range of disciplines due to their intriguing structures. In the context of the snowdrift game (SDG),…

physics.soc-ph2023★ 6 cited

Optimal coordination of resources: A solution from reinforcement learning

Guozhong Zheng, Weiran Cai, Guanxiao Qi +2

Efficient allocation is important in nature and human society, where individuals frequently compete for limited resources. The Minority Game (MG) is perhaps the simplest toy model…

q-bio.PE2023★ 15 cited

Decoding trust: A reinforcement learning perspective

Guozhong Zheng, Jiqiang Zhang, Jing Zhang +2

Behavioral experiments on the trust game have shown that trust and trustworthiness are universal among human beings, contradicting the prediction by assuming \emph{Homo economicus}…

physics.soc-ph2023★ 24 cited

Emergence of Cooperation in Two-agent Repeated Games with Reinforcement Learning

Zhen-Wei Ding, Guo-Zhong Zheng, Chao-Ran Cai +4

Cooperation is the foundation of ecosystems and the human society, and the reinforcement learning provides crucial insight into the mechanism for its emergence. However, most previ…

physics.soc-ph2023★ 4 cited

A Generative Hypergraph Model for Double Heterogeneity

Zhao Li, Jing Zhang, Jiqiang Zhang +3

While network science has become an indispensable tool for studying complex systems, the conventional use of pairwise links often shows limitations in describing high-order interac…

q-bio.PE2022★ 3 cited

Oscillatory cooperation prevalence emerges from misperception

Jing Zhang, Zhao Li, Jiqiang Zhang +3

Oscillatory behaviors are ubiquitous in nature and the human society. However, most previous works fail to reproduce them in the two-strategy game-theoretical models. Here we show…

physics.soc-ph2022★ 10 cited

Emergence of cooperation in a population with bimodal response behaviors

Lin Ma, Jiqiang Zhang, Guozhong Zheng +2

We human beings show remarkable adaptability in response to complex surroundings, we adopt different behavioral modes at different occasions, such response multimodality is critica…

physics.soc-ph2022★ 6 cited

Pinning control of social fairness in the Ultimatum game

Guozhong Zheng, Jiqiang Zhang, Zhenwei Ding +2

Decent social fairness is highly desired both for socio-economic activities and individuals, as it is one of the cornerstones of our social welfare and sustainability. How to effec…

q-bio.PE2022★ 6 cited

Probabilistic fair behaviors spark its boost in the Ultimatum Game: the strength of good Samaritans

Guozhong Zheng, Jiqiang Zhang, Rizhou Liang +2

Behavioral experiments on the Ultimatum Game have shown that we human beings have remarkable preference in fair play, contradicting the predictions by the game theory. Most of the…

physics.soc-ph2021★ 14 cited

Dynamical reciprocity in interacting games: numerical results and mechanism analysis

Rizhou Liang, Qinqin Wang, Jiqiang Zhang +3

We study the evolution of two mutually interacting games with both pairwise games as well as the public goods game on different topologies. On 2d square lattices, we reveal that th…

physics.soc-ph2021★ 1 cited

Emergent route towards cooperation in interacting games: the dynamical reciprocity

Qinqin Wang, Rizhou Liang, Jiqiang Zhang +3

The success of modern civilization is built upon widespread cooperation in human society, deciphering the mechanisms behind has being a major goal for centuries. A crucial fact is,…

physics.soc-ph2020★ 8 cited

Social hierarchy promotes the cooperation prevalence

Rizhou Liang, Jiqiang Zhang, Guozhong Zheng +1

Social hierarchy is important that can not be ignored in human socioeconomic activities and in the animal world. Here we incorporate this factor into the evolutionary game to see w…