Axelrod, R., 1990, The evolution of cooperation, Penguin, Harmondsworth
- Author : Axelrod, R.
- Year : 1990
- Title English : The evolution of cooperation
- Publisher : Penguin
- Publisher's Location : Harmondsworth
- ISBN : 978-0465021215
- Pages : 242
- Edition : UK Edition
- Comments : This widely praised and much-discussed book explores how cooperation can emerge in a world of self-seeking egoists—whether superpowers, businesses, or individuals—when there is no central authority to police their actions. Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): hypothetical tournaments, very first defection, collectively stable strategy, collectively stable strategies, permanent retaliation, professional game theorists, other player defects, preliminary tournament, alternating defection, other player cooperates, nice rules, payoff parameters, discount parameter, less sophisticated strategies, unconditional defection, nice strategy, tournament scores, reward for mutual cooperation, punishment for mutual defection, reciprocate cooperation, mutual punishment, collective stability, computer tournament, unconditional cooperation, tournament results. See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Evolution_of_Cooperation