Artificial-life ecosystems: What are they and what could they become?

Artificial Life XI: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems, ALIFE 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 173-180

  Dorin, Alan ^a   Korb, Kevin B ^a   Grimm, Volker ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED SOFTWARES; ARTIFICIAL EVOLUTION; ECOLOGICAL MODELLING; LEVEL OF DETAIL; MODEL VALIDATION; PATTERN-ORIENTED MODELLING; TIME-PERIODS; VIRTUAL ECOSYSTEMS;

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 67650457226     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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