Software and biological evolvability: A comparison using key properties

Proceedings - Second International IEEE Workshop on Software Evolvability, SE'06

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 82-88

  Yu, Liguo ^a   Ramaswamy, Srini ^b,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^c University of Rouen   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

GENE ROBUSTNESS; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 38949196686     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SOFTWARE-EVOLVABILITY.2006.11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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