Evolutionary games with coordination and self-dependent interactions

Phys Rev E. 2017 Jan;95(1-1):012303. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.95.012303. Epub 2017 Jan 4.

Abstract

Multistrategy evolutionary games are studied on a square lattice when the pair interactions are composed of coordinations between strategy pairs and an additional term with self-dependent payoff. We describe a method for determining the strength of each elementary coordination component in n-strategy potential games. Using analytical and numerical methods, the presence and absence of Ising-type order-disorder phase transitions are studied when a single pair coordination is extended by some types of self-dependent elementary games. We also introduce noise-dependent three-strategy equivalents of the n-strategy elementary coordination games.