Empty nodes affect conditional cooperation under reinforcement learning

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Highlights：

• This paper introduces expectation-based reinforcement learning methods in the public goods game.

• The results under total population density show that individuals behavior exhibits conditional cooperation and its variant moody conditional cooperation.

• In the network with empty nodes, conditional cooperation shows opposite trends.

摘要

•This paper introduces expectation-based reinforcement learning methods in the public goods game.•The results under total population density show that individuals behavior exhibits conditional cooperation and its variant moody conditional cooperation.•In the network with empty nodes, conditional cooperation shows opposite trends.

论文关键词：Reinforcement learning,Empty nodes,Conditional cooperation,Public goods game,Evolutionary game theory

论文评审过程：Received 5 July 2021, Revised 4 September 2021, Accepted 10 September 2021, Available online 24 September 2021, Version of Record 24 September 2021.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amc.2021.126658