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Game-theoretic models of collective conformity behavior

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In this paper, game-theoretic models of social interaction with binary actions of agents are considered. The phenomena of conformity and anti-conformity are briefly analyzed, and a game-theoretic model reflecting them is constructed. In addition, the general gametheoretic model of collective conformity behavior, the model with mutual dominance of agents, the model with reputation, and the model with identical agents are studied. The structure of Nash equilibria and corresponding methods of its evaluation are described for the abovementioned models.

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Original Russian Text © V.V. Breer, 2012, published in Avtomatika i Telemekhanika, 2012, No. 10, pp. 111–126.

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Breer, V.V. Game-theoretic models of collective conformity behavior. Autom Remote Control 73, 1680–1692 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0005117912100086

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