%0 Journal Article
%T Coordination, Differentiation and Fairness in a Population of Cooperating Agents
%A Anne-Ly Do
%A Lars Rudolf
%A Thilo Gross
%J Games
%D 2012
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/g3010030
%X In a recent paper, we analyzed the self-assembly of a complex cooperation network. The network was shown to approach a state where every agent invests the same amount of resources. Nevertheless, highly-connected agents arise that extract extraordinarily high payoffs while contributing comparably little to any of their cooperations. Here, we investigate a variant of the model, in which highly-connected agents have access to additional resources. We study analytically and numerically whether these resources are invested in existing collaborations, leading to a fairer load distribution, or in establishing new collaborations, leading to an even less fair distribution of loads and payoffs.
%K self-organization
%K coordination
%K snowdrift game
%K adaptive network
%U http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4336/3/1/30