Co-evolution and ecosystem based problem solving

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages 47-58

  De Boer, Folkert K ^a   Hogeweg, Paulien ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Co evolutionary function approximation; Cooperative co evolution; Ecosystem based problem solving; Evolutionary computation; Information integration; Spatial embedding

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; BIOINFORMATICS; COEVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; PREDATOR; SCAVENGER; SELECTION; SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 84860628242     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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