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 (+) |