中国物理B ›› 2011, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (3): 30203-030203.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/20/3/030203

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Evolutionary games in a generalized Moran process with arbitrary selection strength and mutation

全吉1, 王先甲2   

  1. Institute of Systems Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
  • 收稿日期:2010-08-31 修回日期:2010-09-28 出版日期:2011-03-15 发布日期:2011-03-15
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 71071119) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.

Evolutionary games in a generalized Moran process with arbitrary selection strength and mutation

Quan Ji(全吉)a)† and Wang Xian-Jia(王先甲)a)b)   

  1. a Institute of Systems Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China; b Economics and Management School, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
  • Received:2010-08-31 Revised:2010-09-28 Online:2011-03-15 Published:2011-03-15
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 71071119) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.

摘要: By using a generalized fitness-dependent Moran process, an evolutionary model for symmetric 2×2 games in a well-mixed population with a finite size is investigated. In the model, the individuals' payoff accumulating from games is mapped into fitness using an exponent function. Both selection strength β and mutation rate ε are considered. The process is an ergodic birth-death process. Based on the limit distribution of the process, we give the analysis results for which strategy will be favoured when ε is small enough. The results depend on not only the payoff matrix of the game, but also on the population size. Especially, we prove that natural selection favours the strategy which is risk-dominant when the population size is large enough. For arbitrary β and ε values, the 'Hawk--Dove' game and the 'Coordinate' game are used to illustrate our model. We give the evolutionary stable strategy (ESS) of the games and compare the results with those of the replicator dynamics in the infinite population. The results are determined by simulation experiments.

关键词: evolutionary games, fitness-dependent Moran process, birth--death process, evolutionary stable strategy

Abstract: By using a generalized fitness-dependent Moran process, an evolutionary model for symmetric 2×2 games in a well-mixed population with a finite size is investigated. In the model, the individuals' payoff accumulating from games is mapped into fitness using an exponent function. Both selection strength $\beta$ and mutation rate ε are considered. The process is an ergodic birth-death process. Based on the limit distribution of the process, we give the analysis results for which strategy will be favoured when $\varepsilon$ is small enough. The results depend on not only the payoff matrix of the game, but also on the population size. Especially, we prove that natural selection favours the strategy which is risk-dominant when the population size is large enough. For arbitrary β and ε values, the 'Hawk–Dove' game and the 'Coordinate' game are used to illustrate our model. We give the evolutionary stable strategy (ESS) of the games and compare the results with those of the replicator dynamics in the infinite population. The results are determined by simulation experiments.

Key words: evolutionary games, fitness-dependent Moran process, birth–death process, evolutionary stable strategy

中图分类号:  (Decision theory and game theory)

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