Evolution of conditional cooperation in a spatial public goods game

Francesca Federico; Raksha Balakrishna; Marco A. Janssen

doi:10.1371/journal.pcsy.0000040

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Evolution of conditional cooperation in a spatial public goods game

Francesca Federico ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: ffederi2@asu.edu

Affiliations School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America, Center for Behavior, Institutions and the Environment, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0049-6811

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Raksha Balakrishna,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America, Center for Behavior, Institutions and the Environment, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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Marco A. Janssen

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America, Center for Behavior, Institutions and the Environment, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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Evolution of conditional cooperation in a spatial public goods game

Francesca Federico,
Raksha Balakrishna,
Marco A. Janssen

Published: April 21, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcsy.0000040

About the Authors

Francesca Federico

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: ffederi2@asu.edu

Affiliations School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America, Center for Behavior, Institutions and the Environment, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0049-6811

Raksha Balakrishna

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Marco A. Janssen

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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