Identifying necessary conditions for open-ended evolution through the artificial life world of chromaria

Artificial Life 14 - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems, ALIFE 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 793-800

  Soros, L B ^a   Stanley, Kenneth O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS;

CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT; EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS; OPEN-ENDED EVOLUTIONS; POSSIBLE WORLDS; RESEARCH PROGRAMS;

ARTIFICIAL LIFE;

EID: 84925202070     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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