Table 3: Outcomes of optimization principles for survival in four different social interactions depending on whether the interactions are cooperation, competition, commensalism or altruism.
| Interactions |
Self |
Others |
| Cooperation |
gain (+) |
gain (+) |
| Competition |
gain (+) |
loss (–) |
| Competition |
gain (+) |
neutral (0) |
| Commensalism |
loss (–) |
gain (+) |