Journal
BULLETIN OF MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY
Volume 73, Issue 9, Pages 2068-2087Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-010-9608-2
Keywords
Evolutionary game theory; Replicator dynamics; Moran process; One-third rule; Evolution of cooperation
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- EUROCORES TECT [I-104-G15]
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Classical replicator dynamics assumes that individuals play their games and adopt new strategies on a global level: Each player interacts with a representative sample of the population and if a strategy yields a payoff above the average, then it is expected to spread. In this article, we connect evolutionary models for infinite and finite populations: While the population itself is infinite, interactions and reproduction occurs in random groups of size N. Surprisingly, the resulting dynamics simplifies to the traditional replicator system with a slightly modified payoff matrix. The qualitative results, however, mirror the findings for finite populations, in which strategies are selected according to a probabilistic Moran process. In particular, we derive a one-third law that holds for any population size. In this way, we show that the deterministic replicator equation in an infinite population can be used to study the Moran process in a finite population and vice versa. We apply the results to three examples to shed light on the evolution of cooperation in the iterated prisoner's dilemma, on risk aversion in coordination games and on the maintenance of dominated strategies.
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