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In large evolutionary populations, interaction density is the dominant determinant of cooperation, which remains stable at low to intermediate densities but collapses under excessively dense interaction environments. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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Investigate the structural conditions governing the emergence and stability of cooperative behavior in large evolutionary populations.

September 14, 2026Chaos Solitons & FractalsOpen Access

Interaction density drives cooperation in large evolutionary populations: Evidence from large-scale agent-based simulations

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OMOscar Marín IGIria Paz Gil JTJosé Torres-Pruñonosa

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Simulation study reveals that excessive interaction density destabilizes cooperation in large agent populations, highlighting overcrowding risks in decentralized systems.

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Investigate the structural conditions governing the emergence and stability of cooperative behavior in large evolutionary populations.
Conducted large-scale agent-based simulations featuring populations of up to 100,000 agents repeatedly engaging in the Prisoner's Dilemma.
Modeled behavioral evolution through evolutionary imitation dynamics and stochastic mutation across varying interaction densities and preference deformation regimes.
Trained Random Forest machine learning models to identify the primary structural predictors of equilibrium cooperation levels.
Interaction density emerged as the dominant structural determinant of collective outcomes, whereas mutation intensity functioned primarily as an adaptive exploration mechanism.
Cooperation remained robust at low-to-intermediate interaction densities but saturated and progressively collapsed when interaction density exceeded critical thresholds due to strategic overcrowding.
Random Forest models confirmed interaction density overwhelmingly surpassed all other parameters in predicting equilibrium cooperation states across metastable regimes.

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Marín et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa7b2e10926e14a848b16a7 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chaos.2026.119178

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September 14, 2026Chaos Solitons & FractalsOpen Access

Interaction density drives cooperation in large evolutionary populations: Evidence from large-scale agent-based simulations

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Authors

OMOscar Marín IGIria Paz Gil JTJosé Torres-Pruñonosa

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Overview

Simulation study reveals that excessive interaction density destabilizes cooperation in large agent populations, highlighting overcrowding risks in decentralized systems.

Key Points

Investigate the structural conditions governing the emergence and stability of cooperative behavior in large evolutionary populations.
Conducted large-scale agent-based simulations featuring populations of up to 100,000 agents repeatedly engaging in the Prisoner's Dilemma.
Modeled behavioral evolution through evolutionary imitation dynamics and stochastic mutation across varying interaction densities and preference deformation regimes.
Trained Random Forest machine learning models to identify the primary structural predictors of equilibrium cooperation levels.
Interaction density emerged as the dominant structural determinant of collective outcomes, whereas mutation intensity functioned primarily as an adaptive exploration mechanism.
Cooperation remained robust at low-to-intermediate interaction densities but saturated and progressively collapsed when interaction density exceeded critical thresholds due to strategic overcrowding.
Random Forest models confirmed interaction density overwhelmingly surpassed all other parameters in predicting equilibrium cooperation states across metastable regimes.

Cite This Study

Marín et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa7b2e10926e14a848b16a7 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chaos.2026.119178

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