Information, complexity and generative replication

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-65

  Hodgson, Geoffrey M ^a   Knudsen, Thorbjørn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Automata; Complexity; Information; Replication; Replicators

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; DEVELOPMENT THEORY; INFORMATION;

EID: 36448974885     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-007-9073-y     Document Type: Article

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