Evolving greenhouses: An agent-based model of Universal Darwinism in greenhouse horticulture

JASSS

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Kasmire, J ^a   Nikolic, Igor ^b   Dijkema, Gerard ^c  

^a not available   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c not available   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complex adaptive systems; Evolution; Greenhouse horticulture; Innovation; Universal Darwinism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887003046     PISSN: 14607425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18564/jasss.2234     Document Type: Article

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