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

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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…

physics.soc-ph2020★ 17 cited

Moderate immigration may promote a peak of cooperation among natives

Alessandra Friedrich Lütz, Marco Antonio Amaral, Lucas Wardil

In a world of hardening borders, nations may deprive themselves of enjoying the benefits of cooperative immigrants. Here, we analyze the effect of efficient cooperative immigrants…

physics.soc-ph2020★ 14 cited

Skepticism and rumor spreading: the role of spatial correlations

Marco Antonio Amaral, W. G. Dantas, Jeferson J. Arenzon

Critical thinking and skepticism are fundamental mechanisms that one may use to prevent the spreading of rumors, fake-news and misinformation. We consider a simple model in which a…

physics.soc-ph2020★ 36 cited

Strategy equilibrium in dilemma games with off-diagonal payoff perturbations

Marco A. Amaral, Marco A. Javarone

We analyse the strategy equilibrium of dilemma games considering a payoff matrix affected by small and random perturbations on the off-diagonal. Notably, a recent work [1] reported…

physics.soc-ph2020★ 33 cited

Heterogeneity in evolutionary games: an analysis of the risk perception

Marco A. Amaral, Marco A. Javarone

In this work, we analyse the relationship between heterogeneity and cooperation. Previous investigations suggest that this relation is nontrivial, as some authors found that hetero…