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most citedEvolutionary mixed games in structured populations: Cooperation and the benefits of heterogeneity

105 citations · 583 across the 18 of their papers we have counts for

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18 papers

physics.soc-ph2023★ 15 cited

Heterogeneous contributions can jeopardize cooperation in the Public Goods Game

Lucas S. Flores, Mendeli H. Vainstein, Heitor C. M. Fernandes +1

When studying social dilemma games, a crucial question arises regarding the impact of general heterogeneity on cooperation, which has been shown to have positive effects in numerou…

physics.soc-ph2022

Invasion of optimal social contracts

Alessandra F. Lütz, Marco Antonio Amaral, Ian Braga +1

The Stag-hunt game is a prototype for social contracts. Adopting a new and better social contract is usually challenging because the current one is already widely adopted and stabl…

q-bio.PE2022★ 34 cited

Cooperation in regular lattices

Lucas S. Flores, Marco A. Amaral, Mendeli H. Vainstein +1

In the context of Evolutionary Game Theory, one of the most noteworthy mechanisms to support cooperation is spatial reciprocity, usually accomplished by distributing players in a s…

physics.soc-ph2021

Acculturation and the evolution of cooperation in spatial public goods games

Alessandra F. Lütz, Marco Antonio Amaral, Lucas Wardil

Cooperation is one of the foundations of human society. Many solutions to cooperation problems have been developed and culturally transmitted across generations. Because immigratio…

cond-mat.stat-mech2021★ 6 cited

Criticality and Griffiths phases in random games with quenched disorder

Marco A. Amaral, Marcelo M. de Oliveira

The perceived risk and reward for a given situation can vary depending on resource availability, accumulated wealth, and other extrinsic factors such as individual backgrounds. Bas…

q-bio.PE2020★ 31 cited

Symbiotic behaviour in the Public Goods game with altruistic punishment

Lucas S. Flores, Heitor C. M. Fernandes, Marco A. Amaral +1

Finding ways to overcome the temptation to exploit one another is still a challenge in behavioural sciences. In the framework of evolutionary game theory, punishing strategies are…