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    It is not the case that In small-world and scale-free networks, cooperator clusters can fully envelop and starve peripheral defectors of exploitable boundaries.

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    • 1.Defectors can exploit cooperator clusters by infiltrating as hidden defectors, then free-riding before network detection mechanisms activate.
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    • 2.Scale-free networks' power-law structure means peripheral nodes aren't uniformly weak; some have bridging roles that enable defector survival.
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    • 3."Starving" assumes static topology, but real networks evolve; defectors can rewire connections or migrate to new network regions.
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    • 1.Scale-free networks concentrate connections in hub nodes; cooperator hubs can enforce reciprocal norms and exclude defectors from resource flows.
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    • 2.Spatial clustering of cooperators reduces defectors' opportunities to exploit cooperative behavior at network boundaries.
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    • 3.In small-world networks, high clustering coefficients mean cooperators reinforce each other's strategies, making defection unprofitable.
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