Delayed response in the Hawk Dove Game

Burridge, James; Yu, Gao; Mao, Yong

Abstract

We consider a group of agents playing the Hawk-Dove game. These agents have a finite memory of past interactions which they use to optimize their play. By both analytical and numerical approaches, we show that an instability occurs at a critical memory length, and we provide its characterization. We show also that when the game is stable, having a long memory is beneficial but that instability, which may be produced by excessively long memory, hands the advantage to those with shorter memories.

Citation

Burridge, J., Yu, G., & Mao, Y. (in press). Delayed response in the Hawk Dove Game. European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, 90(13), https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2016-70471-1

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 18, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Jan 31, 2017
• Deposit Date: Feb 8, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 8, 2017
• Journal: European Physical Journal B
• Print ISSN: 1434-6028
• Electronic ISSN: 1434-6036
• Publisher: EDP Open
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 90
• Issue: 13
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2016-70471-1
• Keywords: statistical and nonlinear physics
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/838172
• Publisher URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1140%2Fepjb%2Fe2016-70471-1