Influence of Reputation on Cooperative Behavior in Crowd Innovation Network

Objective The aim of this study is to describe the characteristics of a crowd innovation network and its cooperation obstacles. Methods This study constructs a reputation-based public goods game model, uses the maximum utility of neighbors as the standard in order to update strategies, and analyzes the cooperative, evolutionary effect toward reputation of a crowd innovation network. Results The introduction of a reputation mechanism in the PGG can significantly promote the level of group cooperation, and the increase of reputation heterogeneity and co-factors can promote the evolution proportion of cooperators in the group. Conclusion Reputation and its critical threshold have significant effect on cooperation under proper network scale.