Published In
IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics
Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
10-1-2001
Subjects
Metaphysics, Altruism
Abstract
The n-player prisoner’s dilemma (PD) is a useful model of multilevel selection for altruistic traits. It highlights the non zero-sum interactions necessary for the evolution of altruism as well as the tension between individual and group-level selection. The parameters of the n-player PD can be directly related to the Price equation as well as to a useful alternative selection decomposition. Finally, the n-player PD emphasizes the expected equilibrium condition of mutual defection in the absence of higher levels of organization and selection. Keywords: prisoner's dilemma, N-player PD, multilevel selection, altruism, Price equation, group selection
Rights
This is the author's manuscript version of an article that was published in the Proceedings of 2001 IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Conference, Tucson AZ: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSMC.2001
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DOI
10.1109/ICSMC.2001
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/42749
Citation Details
Fletcher, J.A., and Zwick, M. (2001). "Altruism, the Prisoner's Dilemma, and the Components of Selection" [Post-print]. In Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Conference, Tucson, Arizona, Oct.