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In Western business cultures, a handshake when meeting someone is an example of initial cooperation.

Tit for tat is an English saying meaning "equivalent retaliation". It is also a highly effective strategy in game theory for the iterated prisoner's dilemma. The strategy was first introduced by Anatol Rapoport in Robert Axelrod's two tournaments, held around 1980. Notably, it was (on both occasions) both the simplest strategy and the most successful.

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• Related: An eye for an eye, Attitude polarization, Chicken (game), Christmas truce, Deterrence theory, Golden Rule, Mutual assured destruction, Nice Guys Finish First, Quid pro quo, Trigger strategy, Zero-sum game

Wired magazine story about tit for tat being 'defe... Wired magazine story about tit for tat being 'defeated' by a group of collaborating programs www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,65317,00.html - Web

Explanation of Tit for tat on Australian Broadcast... Explanation of Tit for tat on Australian Broadcasting Corporation www2.owen.vanderbilt.edu/.../Axelrod.html - Web

Article on tit for tat and its success in evolutio... Article on tit for tat and its success in evolutionary cooperation journal.ilovephilosophy.com/.../1130 - Web

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