000168568 001__ 168568 000168568 005__ 20260211123813.0 000168568 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1016/j.chaos.2025.117748 000168568 0248_ $$2sideral$$a148030 000168568 037__ $$aART-2026-148030 000168568 041__ $$aeng 000168568 100__ $$aDu, Chunpeng 000168568 245__ $$aEdge-based reputation promotes cooperation in simplicial complexes 000168568 260__ $$c2026 000168568 5203_ $$aUnderstanding how cooperation emerges and persists is a central challenge in the evolutionary dynamics of social and biological systems. Most prior studies have examined cooperation through pairwise interactions, yet real-world interactions often involve groups and higher-order structures. Reputation is a key mechanism for guiding strategic behavior in such contexts, but its role in higher-order networks remains underexplored. In this study, we introduce an edge-based reputation mechanism, incorporating both direct and indirect reputation, to investigate the evolution of cooperation in simplicial complexes. Our results show that coupling reputation mechanisms with higher-order network structures strongly promotes cooperation, with direct reputation exerting a stronger influence than indirect reputation. Moreover, we reveal a nonlinear interplay between network topology and reputation mechanisms, highlighting how multi-level structures shape collective outcomes. These findings provide a novel theoretical framework for understanding cooperation in complex social systems. 000168568 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/E36-23R-FENOL$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/PID2023-149409NB-I00 000168568 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess$$aAll rights reserved$$uhttp://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 000168568 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000168568 700__ $$aFang, Fei 000168568 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-7530-2626$$ade Miguel-Arribas, Alfonso 000168568 700__ $$aLu, Yikang 000168568 700__ $$aWang, Yanan 000168568 700__ $$aPan, Xin 000168568 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-0895-1893$$aMoreno, Yamir$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000168568 7102_ $$12004$$2405$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Física Teórica$$cÁrea Física Teórica 000168568 773__ $$g204 (2026), 117748 [10 pp.]$$pChaos, solitons fractals$$tChaos, Solitons and Fractals$$x0960-0779 000168568 8564_ $$s3074492$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/168568/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000168568 8564_ $$s1983816$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/168568/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000168568 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:168568$$particulos$$pdriver 000168568 951__ $$a2026-02-11-10:27:22 000168568 980__ $$aARTICLE