368 citations · 450 across the 3 of their papers we have counts for
3 papers
q-bio.PE2011★ 82 cited
Coveting thy neighbors fitness as a means to resolve social dilemmas
Zhen Wang, Aleksandra Murks, Wen-Bo Du +2
In spatial evolutionary games the fitness of each individual is traditionally determined by the payoffs it obtains upon playing the game with its neighbors. Since defection yields…
physics.soc-ph2011
Recorded punishment promotes cooperation in spatial prisoner's dilemma game
Qing Jin, Zhen Wang, Yi-Ling Wang
Previous studies suggest that punishment is a useful way to promote cooperation in the well-mixed public goods game, whereas it still lacks specific evidence that punishment mainta…
physics.soc-ph2010★ 368 cited
Heterogeneous aspirations promote cooperation in the prisoner's dilemma game
Matjaz Perc, Zhen Wang
To be the fittest is central to proliferation in evolutionary games. Individuals thus adopt the strategies of better performing players in the hope of successful reproduction. In s…