A game theoretical model for collaborative groups in social applications

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Highlights：

• Proposing an analytical model for collaborative groups based on repeated game theory.

• Simulating participants’ behaviours using different existing Tit for Tat strategies.

• Analysing the impact of the free riders in collaborative groups survivability.

• Proposing the group reputation tit for tat strategy to motivate free riders.

摘要

•Proposing an analytical model for collaborative groups based on repeated game theory.•Simulating participants’ behaviours using different existing Tit for Tat strategies.•Analysing the impact of the free riders in collaborative groups survivability.•Proposing the group reputation tit for tat strategy to motivate free riders.

论文关键词：Online communities,Collaborative groups,Social applications,Free riding,Game theory,Tit for Tat

论文评审过程：Available online 12 March 2014.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2014.02.050