Advances in Complex Systems and Evolutionary Game Theory

Dear Colleagues,

With the rapid development of network science, complex networks have become an important method and tool to describe the interactions among individuals within complex systems. On the one hand, many complex systems in nature and society could be considered as networks composed of interacting units and analyzed by statistical physics methods. On the other hand, the mechanisms of the spontaneous emergence and maintenance of cooperative behavior among selfish individuals have attracted continuous attention over the past several decades, among which evolutionary game theory provides a powerful theoretical framework to address them. Although tremendous efforts have been put into explaining and understanding how altruistic cooperation can evolve in the situation of social dilemmas, the evolution of collective cooperation is still under-researched, and is one of 125 scientific puzzles to be resolved urgently, as proposed by Science magazine in 2005.

This Special Issue focuses on the advances in complex systems and evolutionary game theory. We are looking for original papers with novel research contributions in all aspects of the dynamical analysis of complex systems and evolutionary game dynamics. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Complex network modeling;
• Complex system modeling;
• Network science;
• Dynamical analysis of complex networks;
• Evolutionary game dynamics: theory, modeling and application;
• Evolution of cooperation: experimental evidence;
• Mechanisms triggering cooperative evolution in social dilemmas;
• The application of complex system theory to multidisciplinary fields.

Prof. Dr. Chengyi Xia
Dr. Changwei Huang
Guest Editors

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