Autocatalytic sets: From the origin of life to the economy

BioScience

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 877-881

  Hordijk, Wim ^a  

^a SmartAnalytiXcom   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

autocatalytic sets; complex systems; life history; modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889261961     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2013.63.11.6     Document Type: Article

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