The efficacy of group selection is increased by coexistence dynamics within groups

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 498-505

  Powers, Simon T ^a   Penn, Alexandra S ^a   Watson, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ENTITIES; EVOLUTION OF COOPERATION; GROUP COMPOSITION; GROUP SELECTION; GROUP SIZE; KEY PARAMETERS; PARAMETER REGIONS; SELFISH BEHAVIOURS;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 70349251172     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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