John von Neumann and the evolutionary growth of complexity: Looking backward, looking forward. . .

Artificial Life

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 347-361

  McMullin, Barry ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Artificial life; Evolvubility; Growth of complexity; John von Neumann; Machine self reproduction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATION; EVOLUTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATION; EVOLUTION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0034280263     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/106454600300103674     Document Type: Article

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