Intelligent design and the NFL theorems

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 217-230

  Häggström, Olle ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fitnessland scape; Intelligent design; Local search; NFLtheorem; Optimization; Uniform distribution

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; NATURAL SELECTION; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 34047093396     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-006-9040-z     Document Type: Article

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