Evolutionary dynamics of group interactions on structured populations: a review

Perz, M. and Gómez-Gardenes, J. and Szolnoki, Attila and Floría, L.M. and Moreno, Y. (2013) Evolutionary dynamics of group interactions on structured populations: a review. JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE, 10. pp. 1-18. ISSN 1742-5689

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Abstract

Interactions among living organisms, from bacteria colonies to human societies, are inherently more complex than interactions among particles and non-living matter. Group interactions are a particularly important and widespread class, representative of which is the public goods game. In addition, methods of statistical physics have proved valuable for studying pattern formation, equilibrium selection and self-organization in evolution- ary games. Here, we review recent advances in the study of evolutionary dynamics of group interactions on top of structured populations, including lattices, complex networks and coevolutionary models. We also compare these results with those obtained on well-mixed populations. The review particularly highlights that the study of the dynamics of group interactions, like several other important equilibrium and non-equilibrium dynamical processes in biological, economical and social sciences, benefits from the synergy between statistical physics, network science and evolutionary game theory.

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