Complex adaptive systems: Exploring the known, the unknown and the unknowable

Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-19

  Levin, Simon A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex adaptive systems; Ecosystems; Natural selection; Self organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037220156     PISSN: 02730979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-02-00965-5     Document Type: Article

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