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Interplay between social influence and competitive strategical games in multiplex networks

Physics and Society 2017-02-22 v2 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks Social and Information Networks

Abstract

We present a model that takes into account the coupling between evolutionary game dynamics and social influence. Importantly, social influence and game dynamics take place in different domains, which we model as different layers of a multiplex network. We show that the coupling between these dynamical processes can lead to cooperation in scenarios where the pure game dynamics predicts defection. In addition, we show that the structure of the network layers and the relation between them can further increase cooperation. Remarkably, if the layers are related in a certain way, the system can reach a polarized metastable state.These findings could explain the prevalence of polarization observed in many social dilemmas.

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@article{arxiv.1702.05952,
  title  = {Interplay between social influence and competitive strategical games in multiplex networks},
  author = {Roberta Amato and Albert Díaz-Guilera and Kaj-Kolja Kleineberg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.05952},
  year   = {2017}
}

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Supplementary Video & Materials here: https://koljakleineberg.wordpress.com/2017/02/20/new-paper-interplay-between-social-influence-and-competitive-strategical-games-in-multiplex-networks/