Genetic stability and territorial structure facilitate the evolution of tag-mediated altruism

Artificial Life

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 553-560

  Spector, Lee ^a   Klein, Jon ^a,b  

^a HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Altruism; Computational models; Fecundity; Genetic stability; Tags; Territorial structure

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

ALTRUISM; COMPUTATIONAL MODELS; FECUNDITY; GENETIC STABILITY; TAGS; TERRITORIAL STRUCTURE;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ALTRUISM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ALTRUISM; ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33748496458     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: 15309185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/artl.2006.12.4.553     Document Type: Article

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