The influence of learning on evolution: A mathematical framework

Artificial Life

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-245

  Paenke, Ingo ^a,b   Kawecki, Tadeusz J ^c   Sendhoff, Bernhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b HONDA RESEARCH INSTITUTE EUROPE GMBH   (Germany)

^c Department of Biology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Baldwin effect; Evolution; Gain function; Learning; Selection pressure

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BALDWIN EFFECTS; EVOLUTION; GAIN FUNCTION; LEARNING; SELECTION PRESSURES;

BIOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; LEARNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 67650146521     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: 15309185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/artl.2009.15.2.15204     Document Type: Article

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