Finding Optimal Behaviors with Genetic Algorithms

Behavioral Ecology of Insect Parasitoids: From Theoretical Approaches to Field Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 384-401

  Hoffmeister, Thomas S ^a   Wajnberg, Éric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Behavioral ecology; Chromosomes; Genetic algorithms; Genotypes; Parasitoids

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249122000     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470696200.ch17     Document Type: Chapter

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