Network measures of ecosystem complexity

Artificial Life XII: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems, ALIFE 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 323-328

  Dorin, Alan ^a   Korb, Kevin B ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY SYSTEM; INFORMATION-THEORETIC APPROACH; NETWORK MEASURES; SHANNON; TEST NETWORK; TROPHIC WEBS;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEMS; INFORMATION THEORY;

COMPLEX NETWORKS;

EID: 79956327985     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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