Evolution of ethnocentrism on undirected and directed Barabási-Albert networks

Details Evolution of ethnocentrism on undirected and directed Barabási-Albert networks Evolution of ethnocentrism on undirected and directed Barabási-Albert networks

2009-05-16

arxiv.org/abs/0905.2672v1

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Physics and Society

12 pages, 6 figures

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Using Monte Carlo simulations, we study the evolution of contigent cooperation and ethnocentrism in the one-move game. Interactions and reproduction among computational agents are simulated on {\it undirected} and {\it directed} Barab\'asi-Albert (BA) networks. We first replicate the Hammond-Axelrod model of in-group favoritism on a square lattice and then generalize this model on {\it undirected} and {\it directed} BA networks for both asexual and sexual reproduction cases. Our simulations demonstrate that irrespective of the mode of reproduction, ethnocentric strategy becomes common even though cooperation is individually costly and mechanisms such as reciprocity or conformity are absent. Moreover, our results indicate that the spread of favoritism toward similar others highly depends on the network topology and the associated heterogeneity of the studied population.

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