A spatial agent-based model of a congestion game: evolutionary game theory in space
Authored by Sutee Anantsuksomsri, Nij Tontisirin
Date Published: 2016
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-016-0770-9
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Abstract
This paper develops a theoretical framework to analyze traffic
congestion from a micro-behavioral foundation perspective. It extends
the evolution of an n-person prisoner's dilemma within actual
geographical space, integrating an agent-based model with GIS, in
conflicting spatial interactions that ultimately lead to the decline of
cooperation. The spatial agent-based model captures the response
strategies of autonomous individuals in a landscape that contextualizes
both the natural and the built environment. The result suggests that the
loss of context preservation could lead to the extinction of
cooperation, the opposite of the earlier findings. This theoretical
framework thus serves as a basis for the analysis of collective
strategic decisions about the use of a common resource from a game
theoretical perspective.
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