Comments on "A computational evolutionary approach to evolving game strategies and cooperation"

Azuaje offers an approach to the co-evolution of competing virtual creatures and a model for the evolution of game strategies and their emerging behaviors (F. Azuaje, see ibid., vol. 33, p.498-502, 2003). This model can be greatly simplified and optimal solutions can be obtained more quickly and easily by using an analytical approach. We emphasize the importance of performing a model analysis before choosing an evolutionary or analytical approach to a problem. Furthermore, Azuaje's model is derived from the Prisoner's Dilemma, a classical model in game theory; some results have already been discussed in the literature. We discuss his model from the perspective of game theorists.