  This study examines the application of adversarial attack concepts to control
the evolution of cooperation in the prisoner's dilemma game in complex
networks. Specifically, it proposes a simple adversarial attack method that
drives players' strategies towards a target state by adding small perturbations
to social networks. The proposed method is evaluated on both model and
real-world networks. Numerical simulations demonstrate that the proposed method
can effectively promote cooperation with significantly smaller perturbations
compared to other techniques. Additionally, this study shows that adversarial
attacks can also be useful in inhibiting cooperation (promoting defection). The
findings reveal that adversarial attacks on social networks can be potent tools
for both promoting and inhibiting cooperation, opening new possibilities for
controlling cooperative behavior in social systems while also highlighting
potential risks.
