IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/chsofr/v192y2025ics0960077925000116.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Multi-games on a dynamic network and the evolution of cooperation

Author

Listed:
  • Huang, Yijie
  • Chen, Yanhong

Abstract

Although multi-games have been demonstrated to be efficacious in eliciting cooperative behaviors, the preponderance of related research has been circumscribed to static networks. In order to more precisely reflect real-world scenarios, this study formulates multi-games within a dynamic network framework, meticulously devising the evolution rules for the network structure and corresponding strategy evolution schemes. Experimental data disclose a pronounced augmentation in the cooperation of multi-games within a dynamic network in contrast to static ones. The impetus underlying this phenomenon resides in the dynamic fluctuations of the network degree distribution, which functions as an “invisible guiding hand”, gently propelling strategies towards cooperation. As a result, cooperation progressively preponderate and disseminate widely, instigating the continuous amelioration of the network structure and engendering a more conducive environment for the further evolution of cooperation. Furthermore, the research has ascertained that a greater sucker's payoff value is conducive to more effectively promoting cooperation. Additionally, when more participants partake in the Prisoner's Dilemma Game, the cooperation ascends further. Finally, this study undertakes an incisive analysis of the mechanisms buttressing the significant enhancement of cooperation, with the aim of furnishing robust support for the synchronous advancement of theory and practice in this domain.

Suggested Citation

  • Huang, Yijie & Chen, Yanhong, 2025. "Multi-games on a dynamic network and the evolution of cooperation," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 192(C).
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:chsofr:v:192:y:2025:i:c:s0960077925000116
    DOI: 10.1016/j.chaos.2025.115998
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960077925000116
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.chaos.2025.115998?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:chsofr:v:192:y:2025:i:c:s0960077925000116. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Thayer, Thomas R. (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/chaos-solitons-and-fractals .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.