Avida: A software platform for research in computational evolutionary biology

Artificial Life

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 191-229

  Ofria, Charles ^a   Wilke, Claus O ^b  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital organisms; Experimental evolution; Self replicating computer programs

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROORGANISMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

COMPUTATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; DIGITAL ORGANISMS; EXPERIMENTAL EVOLUTION; SELF-REPLICATING COMPUTER PROGRAM;

NATURAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EVOLUTION; METHODOLOGY;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOFTWARE;

EID: 1842454622     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/106454604773563612     Document Type: Article

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