Rapid host-parasite coevolution drives the production and maintenance of diversity in digital organisms

Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, GECCO'11

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 219-226

  Zaman, Luis ^a   Devangam, Suhas ^b   Ofria, Charles ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b Genetics Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Antagonism; Artificial life; Coevolution; Digital evolution; Diversity; Evolution; Parasites; Rapid evolution

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; ARTIFICIAL LIFE; COEVOLUTION; DIGITAL EVOLUTION; DIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; PARASITES; RAPID EVOLUTION;

ECOLOGY; TIME MEASUREMENT;

BIOLOGY;

EID: 84860396395     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2001576.2001607     Document Type: Conference Paper

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