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ArticleScientific reports2020

Using a theory of mind to find best responses to memory-one strategies.

Nikoleta E Glynatsi, Vincent A Knight

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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  1. Conditional cooperation with longer memory.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  3. Evolution of reciprocity with limited payoff memory.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024
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  5. Mutation enhances cooperation in direct reciprocity.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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Nikoleta E GlynatsiSchool of Mathematics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF24 4AG, UK. glynatsi@evolbio.mpg.de.
Vincent A KnightSchool of Mathematics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF24 4AG, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Memory-one strategies are a set of Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma strategies that have been praised for their mathematical tractability and performance against single opponents. This manuscript investigates best response memory-one strategies with a theory of mind for their opponents. The results add to the literature that has shown that extortionate play is not always optimal by showing that optimal play is often not extortionate. They also provide evidence that memory-one strategies suffer from their limited memory in multi agent interactions and can be out performed by optimised strategies with longer memory. We have developed a theory that has allowed to explore the entire space of memory-one strategies. The framework presented is suitable to study memory-one strategies in the Prisoner's Dilemma, but also in evolutionary processes such as the Moran process. Furthermore, results on the stability of defection in populations of memory-one strategies are also obtained.

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MemoryTheory of MindBiological EvolutionHumansModels, TheoreticalPrisoner Dilemma

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PMID33057134
PMCPMC7560663

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