Evolution and complexity: The double-edged sword

Artificial Life

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 325-344

  Miconi, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arrow of complexity; Complexity; Evolution; Trends

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ARROW OF COMPLEXITY; COMPLEXIFICATION; COMPLEXITY; DARWINIAN EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION; TRENDS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CYBERNETICS; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGY; CYBERNETICS; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INFORMATION THEORY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SELECTION (GENETICS); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 50649091380     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: 15309185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/artl.2008.14.3.14307     Document Type: Article

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