The Evolution of Cooperation Revised Edition

Updated for the first time, the classic book on why cooperation is not only natural but also the best survival strategy.

Robert Axelrod is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of Michigan. A MacArthur Prize Fellow, he is a leading expert on game theory, artificial intelligence, evolutionary biology, mathematical modeling, and complexity theory. He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

PREFACE

vii

PART I Introduction

1. The Problem of Cooperation

3

(24)

PART II The Emergence of Cooperation

2. The Success of TIT FOR TAT in Computer Tournaments

27

(28)

3. The Chronology of Cooperation

55

(18)

PART III Cooperation Without Friendship or Foresight

4. The Live-and-Let-Live System in Trench Warfare in World War I

73

(15)

5. The Evolution of Cooperation in Biological Systems (with William D. Hamilton)

88

(21)

PART IV Advice for Participants and Reformers

6. How to Choose Effectively

109

(15)

7. How to Promote Cooperation

124

(21)

PART V Conclusions

8. The Social Structure of Cooperation

145

(24)

9. The Robustness of Reciprocity

169

(23)

APPENDIX A TOURNAMENT RESULTS

192

(14)

APPENDIX B PROOFS OF THE THEORETICAL PROPOSITIONS

206

(10)

NOTES

216

(7)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

223

(8)

INDEX

231

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