Information, evolution and "error-friendliness"

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 501-506

  Von Weizsäcker, Ernst Ulrich ^a   Von Weizsäcker, Christine ^b  

^a Institute for Ecological Economy Research   (Germany)

^b Ecoropa   (Germany)

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EID: 1642339874     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004220050499     Document Type: Article

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