Interactive Materials

Java applets, online simulations, and game theory demonstrations.

 
Applet
Author
Tech
Evolution of cooperation
Simulates the success obtained by a mutant population playing the prisoner's dilemma against an established population.
Eric Klopfer
java
Spatial iterated prisoner's dilemma
Simulates the evolution of cooperation or defection due to local interaction among players on a grid.
Serge Helfrich
java
Evolutionary Approach to Norms
A customizable simulation of Axelrod's evolution of social norms model with related discussion and Java classes.
Luis R. Izquierdo, José M. Galán
java
Multiplayer iterated prisoner's dilemma
Simulates the evolution of cooperation or defection among several common strategies based on initial populations.
Uri Wilensky
java
Game of Life
A very simple simulator of Conway's Game of Life.
Andreas Ehrencrona
java
Game of Life
Simulation of Conway's game includes several interesting starting configurations.
Edwin Martin
java
Game of Life
A customizable game of life simulator.
Dan Freeland
java
Fire experiment
A spatial simulation of contagion by demonstrating the spread of forest fires.
Kyle Siegrist
java
Ecological evolution
Graphically represents the evolution of various strategies that you select when they play arbitrary 2x2 games.
© LIFL
java
Hawks vs. doves evolution
An applet simulating the relationship between hawks (who fight for resources) and doves (who do not). Highly customizable.
Kenneth N. Prestwich
java
Evolutionary Network Traffic Simulator
A downloadable program and demonstration applet for simulating the evolutionary characterisitcs of traffic and congestion.
Simon Fischer
java
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