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In search of the most cooperative network

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Cooperation is crucial for human prosperity, and population structure fosters it through pairwise interactions and coordinated behavior in larger groups. A recent study explores the evolution of behavioral strategies in higher-order population structures, including pairwise and multi-way interactions to reveal that higher-order interactions promote cooperation across networks, especially when they are formed by conjoined communities.

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Fig. 1: A civilization with clusters of huts indicating the weak and strong links that encompass the concept of the study.

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

    Valerio Capraro

  2. Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia

    Matjaž Perc

  3. Complexity Science Hub Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Matjaž Perc

  4. Department of Physics, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Matjaž Perc

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Capraro, V., Perc, M. In search of the most cooperative network. Nat Comput Sci 4, 257–258 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43588-024-00623-6

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