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An illustration of the essential difference between individual and social learning, and its consequences for computational analyses. (English) Zbl 1033.91039

Summary: Drawing a conclusion from recent insights in evolutionary game theory, we show that a so-called spite effect implies that there is an essential difference between individual and social learning. We illustrate its consequences for the choice of computational tools in economics and social settings in general by analyzing two variants of a genetic algorithm.

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91E40 Memory and learning in psychology
91A26 Rationality and learning in game theory
91D99 Mathematical sociology (including anthropology)
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