We introduce and study a model of an interacting population of agents who collaborate in groups which compete for limited resources. Groups are formed by random matching agents and their worth is determined by the sum of the efforts deployed by agents in group formation. Agents, on their side, have to share their effort between contributing to their group's chances to outcompete other groups and resource sharing among partners, when the group is successful. A simple implementation of this strategic interaction gives rise to static and evolutionary properties with a very rich phenomenology. A robust emerging feature is the separation of the population between agents who invest mainly in the success of their group and agents who concentrate in getting the largest share of their group's profits. © 2009 EDP Sciences, SIF, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

Collaborate, compete and share / Emanuele, Pugliese; Claudio, Castellano; Matteo, Marsili; Pietronero, Luciano. - In: THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. B, CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS. - ISSN 1434-6028. - 67:3(2009), pp. 319-327. [10.1140/epjb/e2009-00027-5]

Collaborate, compete and share

PIETRONERO, Luciano
2009

Abstract

We introduce and study a model of an interacting population of agents who collaborate in groups which compete for limited resources. Groups are formed by random matching agents and their worth is determined by the sum of the efforts deployed by agents in group formation. Agents, on their side, have to share their effort between contributing to their group's chances to outcompete other groups and resource sharing among partners, when the group is successful. A simple implementation of this strategic interaction gives rise to static and evolutionary properties with a very rich phenomenology. A robust emerging feature is the separation of the population between agents who invest mainly in the success of their group and agents who concentrate in getting the largest share of their group's profits. © 2009 EDP Sciences, SIF, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
2009
decision theory and game theory; social and economic systems
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Collaborate, compete and share / Emanuele, Pugliese; Claudio, Castellano; Matteo, Marsili; Pietronero, Luciano. - In: THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. B, CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS. - ISSN 1434-6028. - 67:3(2009), pp. 319-327. [10.1140/epjb/e2009-00027-5]
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