Stewart and Plotkin, the Prisoner’s Dilemma and Generous Strategies

Column by Kate Vitasek published Oct. 16 in Outsource Magazine online.

I’ve been a game theory fan for many years, particularly as it relates to showing that cooperative behavior indeed creates true “win-win” situations. So I was excited to read a work of University of Pennsylvania professors Alexander J. Stewart and Joshua B. Plotkin, ‘From Extortion to Generosity, Evolution in the Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma‘, published recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS)…

Here’s the link: http://outsourcemagazine.co.uk/stewart-and-plotkin-the-prisoners-dilemma-and-generous-strategies/