For simplicity, I assumed that there were 3 types of bots in the pool: cliquebots, fairbots with capitulation (who quickly reach a steady state of “all 2” against cliquebot), and fairbots with payback (who quickly reach a steady state of “all 3″ against cliquebot). The fairbots rapidly reach mutual cooperation with themselves and with each other.
Depending on initial proportions, either the cliquebots eliminate everyone else, or the cliquebots get eliminated (while the fairbots who capitulate gain some share relative to the fairbots with payback). For example, with the numbers I used the cliquebots win if the initial distribution is 28% cliquebot, 31% capitulate, 41% payback (or 18% cliquebot, 46% capitulate, 36% payback) but lose if it’s 28% cliquebot, 30% capitulate, 42% payback (or 18% cliquebot, 45% capitulate, 37% payback).
Actual outcome will depend on implementation details, plus the field of other bots, plus the details of the bots which do something in between capitulate and payback (including your EquityBot).
The outcome does seem to depend on proportions.
For simplicity, I assumed that there were 3 types of bots in the pool: cliquebots, fairbots with capitulation (who quickly reach a steady state of “all 2” against cliquebot), and fairbots with payback (who quickly reach a steady state of “all 3″ against cliquebot). The fairbots rapidly reach mutual cooperation with themselves and with each other.
Depending on initial proportions, either the cliquebots eliminate everyone else, or the cliquebots get eliminated (while the fairbots who capitulate gain some share relative to the fairbots with payback). For example, with the numbers I used the cliquebots win if the initial distribution is 28% cliquebot, 31% capitulate, 41% payback (or 18% cliquebot, 46% capitulate, 36% payback) but lose if it’s 28% cliquebot, 30% capitulate, 42% payback (or 18% cliquebot, 45% capitulate, 37% payback).
Actual outcome will depend on implementation details, plus the field of other bots, plus the details of the bots which do something in between capitulate and payback (including your EquityBot).