Carrot or stick? Game-theory can optimize collaboration
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 - 11:30
in Psychology & Sociology
What motivates people to cooperate in collaborative endeavors? "First carrot, then stick". Tatsuya Sasaki, mathematician from the University of Vienna, has put forth for the first time ever a mathematical proof of this process. The study is recently published online in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface.