The emergence of cooperation: the game theoretical and experimental approach
Speaker:
Date/Time:
Tue, 21/02/2012 - 16:00
Room:
M 103
Seminar series:
Dynamical Systems and Statistical Physics In this talk I will
introduce the issue of the emergence of cooperation, identified by
Science as one of the 25 most important problems for the 21st century. I
will discuss the puzzle that cooperative behavior is in the light of
evolution theory and the importance of cooperation in its major steps.
Then I will present the main tool with which one can study this problem,
namely game theory. I will review games played by two players and their
classical and evolutionary versions. Finally, I will devote some time
to recent experiments addressing the relevance of the structure of the
evolving population for the emergence of cooperation.