Evolution of strategies to stay in the game

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 177-196

  Jokela, Jukka ^a   Haukioja, Erkki ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Evolutionary failure; Evolutionary success; Fitness; Game of life; Life history evolution; Natural selection

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY;

EID: 0034072453     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006688902786     Document Type: Article

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