The Creatures global digital ecosystem

Artificial Life

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-93

  Cliff, Dave ^a   Grand, Stephen ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CyberLife Technology Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial ecosystems; Digital organisms; Entertainment software

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOCHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; SOCIOLOGY;

BIOCHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); SOCIOLOGY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0033453288     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/106454699568683     Document Type: Article

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