Iterated prisoners dilemma with limited attention

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Çetin U., Bingol H.

Condensed Matter Physics, cilt.17, sa.3, 2014 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 17 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5488/cmp.17.33001
  • Dergi Adı: Condensed Matter Physics
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Cooperation, Iterated prisoners dilemma, Memory size effect, Scarcity of attention, Social and economic models
  • Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
  • İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

© U. Çetin, H.O. Bingol, 2014.How attention scarcity effects the outcomes of a game? We present our findings on a version of the Iterated Prisoners Dilemma (IPD) game in which players can accept or refuse to play with their partner. We study the memory size effect on determining the right partner to interact with. We investigate the conditions under which the cooperators are more likely to be advantageous than the defectors. This work demonstrates that, in order to beat defection, players do not need a fullmemorization of each action of all opponents. There exists a critical attention capacity threshold to beat defectors. This threshold depends not only on the ratio of the defectors in the population but also on the attention allocation strategy of the players.