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Artificial Life Models in Software (Second Edition)

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 151-182

  Klopfer, Eric ^a   Scheintaub, Hal ^b   Huang, Wendy ^a   Wendel, Daniel ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Governor Dummer Academy   (United States)

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EID: 80053043037     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84882-285-6_6     Document Type: Chapter

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