Go To Philippe Mathieu's web site to download the Prisoner's Dilemma; See under "Software: Downloads"
Download an experiment for exploring the Prisoner's Dilemma using Philippe Mathieu's program. The Prisoner's Dilemma is straight forward in concept, but complex in practice. This series of exercises leads you through some of the principles we learn from it.
Game theory as originally conceived was an exercise in logic, and as an exercise in logic we have no interest in it. It was only when Robert Axelrod converted game theory into a genetic algorithm that is has application to evolutionary systems.
References:
Axelrod, Robert, 1984, The Evolution of Cooperation, Basic Books, 241 pages, ISBN 0-465-02122-0
