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@article{citeulike:6079726, abstract = {We present a general model for the Prisoner's Dilemma in which variable degrees of cooperation are possible, and payoffs are scaled accordingly. We describe a continuous strategy space, and divide this space into strategy families. We derive the payoff function for these families analytically, and study the evolutionary outcome when a wide range of strategies play against each other. Our results show that the initial degree of cooperation offered by a strategy is a decisive factor for evolutionary robustness: the most successful strategies in our model offer full cooperation as an initial move, but thereafter cooperate fully only if their opponent does the same. These strategies gradually raise the stakes when playing a strategy which is initially reticent to cooperate, but differ from the strategies predicted by other continuous models in that they are not only generous, but are also consistently optimistic and uncompromising. }, author = {Wahl, L.}, citeulike-article-id = {6079726}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jtbi.1999.0996}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0022-5193(99)90996-7}, day = {07}, doi = {10.1006/jtbi.1999.0996}, issn = {00225193}, journal = {Journal of Theoretical Biology}, keywords = {dilemma}, month = {October}, number = {3}, pages = {307--321}, posted-at = {2009-11-06 01:05:18}, priority = {2}, title = {The Continuous Prisoner's Dilemma: I. Linear Reactive Strategies}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jtbi.1999.0996}, volume = {200}, year = {1999} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6079726 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6079726 N2 - We present a general model for the Prisoner's Dilemma in which variable degrees of cooperation are possible, and payoffs are scaled accordingly. We describe a continuous strategy space, and divide this space into strategy families. We derive the payoff function for these families analytically, and study the evolutionary outcome when a wide range of strategies play against each other. Our results show that the initial degree of cooperation offered by a strategy is a decisive factor for evolutionary robustness: the most successful strategies in our model offer full cooperation as an initial move, but thereafter cooperate fully only if their opponent does the same. These strategies gradually raise the stakes when playing a strategy which is initially reticent to cooperate, but differ from the strategies predicted by other continuous models in that they are not only generous, but are also consistently optimistic and uncompromising. IS - 3 JF - Journal of Theoretical Biology SN - 00225193 EP - 321 TI - The Continuous Prisoner's Dilemma: I. Linear Reactive Strategies VL - 200 SP - 307 KW - dilemma AU - Wahl, L PY - 1999/10/07/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jtbi.1999.0996 ER -