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The Evolution of Cooperation in an Ecological Context (1.0.0)

This is an adaptation of the ecological model of cooperation presented in Pepper & Smuts (2000, 2002). The purpose of this model is to present a minimalist framework for the evolution of altruistic traits under stochastic ecological conditions. Assortment and trait selection is achieved through an environmental feedback mechanism that relies on the spatiotemporal variability in resource availability (plants) and cooperative tendencies of conspecifics. The model looks at two altruistic traits (feeding restraint and alarm calling) and predicts that fixation from an initially mixed strategist population is highly dependent on the spatial structure of the model world.

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The Evolution of Cooperation in an Ecological Context 1.0.0

Submitted by Oyita Udiani Published Nov 03, 2012 Last modified Feb 23, 2018
group composition inclusive fitness cooperation kin selection multilevel selection group selection

This is an adaptation of the ecological model of cooperation presented in Pepper & Smuts (2000, 2002). The purpose of this model is to present a minimalist framework for the evolution of altruistic traits under stochastic ecological conditions. Assortment and trait selection is achieved through an environmental feedback mechanism that relies on the spatiotemporal variability in resource availability (plants) and cooperative tendencies of conspecifics. The model looks at two altruistic traits (feeding restraint and alarm calling) and predicts that fixation from an initially mixed strategist population is highly dependent on the spatial structure of the model world.

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1.0

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Oyita Udiani (2013, April 27). “The Evolution of Cooperation in an Ecological Context” (Version 1.0.0). CoMSES Computational Model Library. Retrieved from: https://www.comses.net/codebases/3377/releases/1.0.0/

Replication of a previously described model

Pepper, J. W. & Smuts, B. B. 2000. The evolution of cooperation in an ecological context: an agent-based model. Pp. 45-76 in T. A. Kohler and G. J. Gumerman, eds. Dynamics of human and primate societies: agent-based modeling of social and spatial processes. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

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Contributors
Oyita Udiani
DOI
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Model Version
1.0.0
License
GPL-2.0
Programming Language
Java
Software Framework
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Operating System
Mac OS
Publish Date
Saturday, November 03, 2012
Last Updated
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Downloads 628
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Unreviewed
Version Submitter First published Last modified Status
1.0.0 Oyita Udiani Sat Nov 3 21:56:32 2012 Tue Feb 20 12:02:14 2018 Published

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