Problem solving during artificial selection of self-replicating loops

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 115, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 293-312

  Chou, Hui Hsien ^a   Reggia, James A ^b  

^a J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial selection; Cellular automata; SAT problem; Self organization; Self replication

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001631418     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(97)00237-6     Document Type: Article

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