Cooperative Trends in a Modified Image Scoring Model

The evolution of modern cooperative trends now seen in society have not yet been easily explained. After extensive computational studies and theoretical analysis, Nowak and Sigmund proposed that cooperation was established largely due to the emergence of indirect reciprocity. Our previous studies show that a high information flow rate stimulates cooperation in a society. In this study we find that the decrease of cooperation cost will make a society more cooperative, and the inheritance of wealth will induce cooperation in the society even when the exchange rate is comparatively low. We also study the distribution of knowledge according to wealth. We find that, for this model, cooperation is slightly less likely to occur if the exchange rate is low.