Evolutionary games combining two or three pair coordinations on a square lattice

Phys Rev E. 2017 Oct;96(4-1):042101. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.96.042101. Epub 2017 Oct 2.

Abstract

We study multiagent logit-rule-driven evolutionary games on a square lattice whose pair interactions are composed of a maximal number of nonoverlapping elementary coordination games describing Ising-type interactions between just two of the available strategies. Using Monte Carlo simulations we investigate the macroscopic noise-level-dependent behavior of the two- and three-pair games and the critical properties of the continuous phase transtitions these systems exhibit. The four-strategy game is shown to be equivalent to a system that consists of two independent and identical Ising models.