Punctuated Equilibria in the Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma
- Resource Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Akira SHINTANI; Shigeru NINAGAWA
- Source
- Transactions of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers. 2002, 38(7):649
- Subject
- Prisoner's Dilemma
genetic algorithms
punctuated equilibrium
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0453-4654
1883-8189
In the evolution of strategies in the iterated Prisoner's Dilemma, the abrupt decrease of species and the following return to the stationary value have been observed. This phenomena called punctuated equilibrium always accompanies the collapse of the cooperative relationship.