Experiments in digital evolution (Editors' introduction to the special issue)

Artificial Life

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 117-122

  Adami, Christoph ^a   Wilke, Claus O ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); VIRUSES;

ARTIFICIAL LIFE; COMPUTER CODE; DIGITAL EVOLUTION; LIVING SYSTEMS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 1842507009     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/106454604773563540     Document Type: Editorial

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