Complexity: Against systems

Theory in Biosciences

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 229-245

  Chu, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial life; Complexity; Contextuality; Evolution

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 80052743998     PISSN: 14317613     EISSN: 16117530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12064-011-0121-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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