Reliability and novelty: Information gain in multi-level selection systems

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Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 335-363

  Harms, William ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 53249121689     PISSN: 01650106     EISSN: 15728420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005348731595     Document Type: Article

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