Velocity-enhanced Cooperation of Moving Agents playing Public Goods Games

TL;DR

This paper investigates how mobility influences cooperation among agents in Public Goods Games, showing that low to moderate movement speeds promote cooperative behavior in dynamic populations.

Contribution

It introduces a model of mobile agents in a 2D space for Public Goods Games and compares it with static interaction networks, revealing mobility's role in fostering cooperation.

Findings

Low mobility enhances cooperation onset.

Moderate velocity promotes full cooperation.

Mobility impacts the emergence of cooperation.

Abstract

In this Brief Report we study the evolutionary dynamics of the Public Goods Game in a population of mobile agents embedded in a 2-dimensional space. In this framework, the backbone of interactions between agents changes in time, allowing us to study the impact that mobility has on the emergence of cooperation in structured populations. We compare our results with a static case in which agents interact on top of a Random Geometric Graph. Our results point out that a low degree of mobility enhances the onset of cooperation in the system while a moderate velocity favors the fixation of the full-cooperative state.