对叛逃者的协调惩罚维持了合作,并且在罕见的情况下可以扩散
Robert Boyd1, Herbert Gintis, Samuel Bowles
1Department of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA. rboyd@anthro.ucla.edu
概括
协调惩罚,即群体成员一起惩罚自由骑手,可以进化并增加整体群体的回报. 这与无协调的惩罚形成鲜明对比,这种惩罚往往太昂贵,无法出现或有利于合作.
科学领域:
- 进化游戏理论的演化游戏理论.
- 社会行为社会行为.
- 人类合作 人类合作
背景情况:
- 合作是必不可少的,但可能会因为自由骑手而失败.
- 现有的模型很难解释昂贵惩罚的演变.
- 不协调的惩罚可能不那么有效,并且比假设的更昂贵.
研究的目的:
- 在人类祖先的条件下,模拟协调惩罚的演变.
- 调查如何降低惩罚成本与小组规模的影响合作.
- 为了确定协调的惩罚是否可以提高群体平均回报.
主要方法:
- 开发了一种协调惩罚的数学模型.
- 校准模型以适应人类祖先的群体大小和条件.
- 分析了在罕见情况下惩罚的扩散条件.
主要成果:
- 协调的惩罚可以扩散,即使在罕见的情况下.
- 惩罚自由骑手的成本随着越来越多的人参与下降.
- 协调的惩罚会导致群体平均回报的增加.
结论:
- 协调惩罚为惩罚的出现提供了一个可行的进化途径.
- 该模型解决了与以前的模型有关惩罚成本和有效性的问题.
- 协调的惩罚增强了合作和团体利益,而非协调的方法.
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