2010/11/09 by Sangmin Park, Sang Min Park, Park, Sangmin +2
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Physics and Astronomy · Social Sciences · #Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph) #Data Analysis #Evolution and Genetic Dynamics #Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation #FOS: Biological sciences #FOS: Physical sciences #Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence #Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE) #Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an) #physics.bio-ph #physics.data-an #q-bio.PE
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1011.2013
6 pages, 5 figures
openalex publication_date 2010/11/09 · arxiv created 2012/03/20 · arxiv updated 2015/03/17 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Cooperation and self-organized criticality are two main keywords in current studies of evolution. We propose a generalized Bak-Sneppen model and provide a natural mechanism which accounts for both phenomena simultaneously. We use the prisoner's dilemma games to mimic the interactions among the members of the population. Each member is identified by its cooperation probability, and its fitness is given by the payoffs from neighbors. The least fit member with the minimum payoff is replaced by a new member with a random cooperation probability. When the neighbors of the least fit member are also replaced with a non-zero probability, a strong cooperation emerges. The Bak-Sneppen process builds a self-organized structure so that the cooperation can emerge even in the parameter region where a uniform or random population decreases the number of cooperators. The emergence of cooperation is due to the same dynamical correlation which leads to self-organized criticality in replacement activities.