Modular interdependency in complex dynamical systems

Artificial Life

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 445-457

  Watson, Richard A ^a   Pollack, Jordan B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamical systems; Evolvability; Modularity; Nearly decomposable systems

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; RECURSIVE FUNCTIONS;

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; EVOLVABILITY; MODULARITY; NEARLY DECOMPOSABLE SYSTEMS;

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EVOLUTION; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 26444549021     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/106454605774270589     Document Type: Article

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