Evolutionary Models of Innovation and the Meno Problem

The International Handbook on Innovation

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 54-78

  Nickles, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

'No free lunch' theorems; Adaptation; Creativity; Design; Evolutionary epistemology; Innovation; Meno paradox; Universal Darwinism; Universal evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449520513     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008044198-6/50006-1     Document Type: Chapter

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