Influence of chance, history, and adaptation on digital evolution

Artificial Life

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 181-190

  Wagenaar, Daniel A ^a   Adami, Christoph ^b,c  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROORGANISMS; MUTAGENESIS;

DIGITAL EVOLUTION; GENETIC CHANGES; MULTIPLE CLONES;

CLONING;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERS; EVOLUTION;

EID: 1842506989     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/106454604773563603     Document Type: Article

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