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. 2019 Jan 25;8:e40698. doi: 10.7554/eLife.40698

Table 1. Payoff matrix of one-round IADC.

Role Participant Initial endowment
(MU)
Individual contribution
(Ii)
Group pool (G) Payment
Attackers lose
GAttacker 
 ≤ GDefender
Attackers win
GAttacker > GDefender
Leftover Leftover Spoil
Attack Attacker-1 20 IAttacker-1

GAttacker

20IAttacker-1 20 − IAttacker-1 (60 − GDefender)/3
Attacker-2 20 IAttacker-2 20IAttacker-2 20 IAttacker-2 (60 − GDefender)/3
Attacker-3 20 IAttacker-3 20IAttacker-3 20 − IAttacker-3 (60 − GDefender)/3
Defend Defender-1 20 IDefender-1

GDefender

20IDefender-1 0 0
Defender-2 20 IDefender-2 20IDefender-2 0 0
Defender-3 20 IDefender-3 20IDefender-3 0 0

Table note: For each round, each individual received an initial endowment of 20 MUs (Monetary Units).

Each individual decided the amount (Ii , 0 ≤ Ii ≤ 20) to the group’s pool G (0 ≤ G ≤ 60, GAttacker = IAttacker-1+IAttacker-2+IAttacker-3, GDefender = IDefender-1+IDefender-2+IDefender-3). When GAttacker ≤GDefender, attackers failed and defenders survived and all six individuals kept their remaining endowment (leftovers, 20 – Ii). When GAttacker >GDefender, defenders failed and left with 0. The attackers won and took away defenders’ remaining MU (spoils from winning, 60 – GDefender), which were divided equally among attacker group members (each attacker: (60 – GDefender)/3) and added to their remaining endowments (20 – IAttacker-i).