Escaping Social Dilemmas


Adaptive Pavlov 2011

Tries to categorize partner into one of four groups: Cooperator, Defector, Suspicious Tit for Tat (a variant of Tit for Tat where strategy starts off defecting instead of cooperating) or Random. Then bases decisions on trying to elicit mutual cooperation, but will defect on uncooperative partners.

In the past six rounds: Categorize partner as: In next move:
Partner cooperated every time Cooperator Cooperate
Partner defected more than 4 times Defector Defect
Partner defected 3 times Suspicious Tit for Tat If in the past two turns, partner defected, then defect. Otherwise, cooperate.
Partner defected less than 3 times Random Defect