On the emergence of large-scale complex behavior in the dynamics of a society of living individuals: The stochastic game of life

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 183-194

  Monetti, Roberto A ^a,b   Albano, Ezequiel V ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES FISICOQUÍMICAS TEÓRICAS Y APLICADAS INIFTA   (Argentina)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX BEHAVIOUR; SOCIETY; STOCHASTIC GAME OF LIFE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 0031582650     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1997.0424     Document Type: Article

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