Effects of group composition and level of selection in the evolution of cooperation in artificial ants

Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (Subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Volumn 2801, Issue , 2003, Pages 128-137

  Perez Uribe, Andres ^a   Floreano, Dario ^a   Keller, Laurent ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Altruism; Cooperation; Division of labor; Evolution; Social insects

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; ROBOTICS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTERS;

COLONY LEVEL SELECTION; COMPLEX SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; GUIDED EVOLUTION; ROLE OF RELATEDNESS;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; COMPUTER VISION;

ALTRUISM; COOPERATION; DIVISION OF LABOR; EVOLUTION; SOCIAL INSECTS;

EID: 7444243113     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-39432-7_14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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