The simulated evolution of biochemical guilds: Reconciling Gaia theory and natural selection

Artificial Life

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 291-318

  Downing, Keith ^a   Zvirinsky, Peter ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF KO ICE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Artificial life; Emergence; Gaia theory; Genetic algorithms; Geophysiology

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOCHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; MODELS, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033187435     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/106454699568791     Document Type: Article

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