The evolution of temporal polyethism

Artificial Life 13: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems, ALIFE 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 178-185

  Goldsby, Heather J ^a   Serra, Neem ^a   Dyer, Fred ^b   Kerr, Benjamin ^a   Ofria, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCUIT SIMULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

ARTIFICIAL SELECTION; COLONIES OF ORGANISMS; DIGITAL EVOLUTION; DIVISION OF LABOR; EUSOCIAL INSECTS; ORGANIC SYSTEMS;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 84874746900     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.7551/978-0-262-31050-5-ch025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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