Evolution of robustness in digital organisms

Artificial Life

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 167-179

  Edlund, Jeffrey A ^a   Adami, Christoph ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DNA SEQUENCES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

ANTAGONISTIC EPITASIS; DIGITAL ORGANISM; GENOMES; MUTATION RATE;

MUTAGENESIS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; GENE LIBRARY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERS; EVOLUTION; GENOMIC LIBRARY;

EID: 1842454629     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/106454604773563595     Document Type: Article

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