Evolvability of the genotype-phenotype relation in populations of self-replicating digital organisms in a tierra-like system

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

Volumn 2801, Issue , 2003, Pages 238-247

  Egri Nagy, Attila ^a   Nehaniv, Chrystopher L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GENES; LIFE CYCLE; MAPPING; MICROORGANISMS; TURING MACHINES;

EVOLVING POPULATIONS; GENOTYPE-PHENOTYPE MAPPING; PROCESSOR STRUCTURES; TIERRA LIKE SYSTEMS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOLOGY;

EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT; EVOLVABILITY; GENOTYPE-PHENOTYPE MAPPING; INSTRUCTION SET; STRUCTURAL DESCRIPTIONS; UNIVERSAL TURING MACHINE;

EID: 7444250640     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-39432-7_26     Document Type: Conference Paper

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