Simulating How to Cooperate in Iterated Chicken and Prisoner’s Dilemma Games

In the field of multi-agent systems (MAS) the concept of game theory is widely in use ([15]; [23]; [30]). The initial aim of game theorists was to find principles of rational behavior. When an agent behaves rationally it “will act in order to achieve its goal and will not act in such a way as to prevent its goals from being achieved without good cause” [19]. In some situations it is rational to cooperate with other agents to achieve its goal. With the introduction of the “trembling hand” noise ([32]; [4]) a perfect strategy would take into account that agents occasionally do not perform the intended action. To learn, adapt, and evolve will be of a major interest for the agent. It became a major task for game theorists to describe the dynamical outcome of model games defined by strategies, payoffs, and adaptive mechanisms, rather than to prescribe solutions based on a priori reasoning. The crucial thing is what happens if the emphasis is on a conflict of interest among