Evolutionary game on networks with high clustering coefficient

TL;DR

This paper explores how lattice network structures with high clustering coefficients affect evolutionary game dynamics, revealing that increased clustering does not necessarily promote cooperation as previously assumed.

Contribution

It provides analytical and numerical analysis of snowdrift games on high-clustering networks, challenging the notion that lattice structures inherently enhance cooperation.

Findings

High clustering does not always promote cooperation.

Analytical pair approximation aligns with numerical results.

Lattice structure effects are more nuanced than previously thought.

Abstract

This study investigates the influence of lattice structure in evolutionary games. The snowdrift games is considered in networks with high clustering coefficients, that use four different strategy-updating. Analytical conjectures using pair approximation were compared with the numerical results. Results indicate that general statements asserting that the lattice structure enhances cooperation are misleading.