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- Authors
- Rocha, L. M.
- Affiliations
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (US)
- Corresponding author
- Rocha, Luis Mateus
- ORCID
- Rocha, Luis Mateus
- Venue
- Biosystems
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2001-05
- Volume
- 60
- Issue
- 1-3
- Pages
- 95-121
- ISSN
- 0303-2647 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1983166119
- Cited by
- 46
- References
- 71
- Citations by year
- 2024: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 0.69
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Biosystems (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Philosophy and History of Science
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Complex Systems and Dynamics
- Keywords
- open-ended evolution, self-inspection, genetic variation, self-organization, fuzzy sets, indirect encoding, agent-based modeling, evolutionary algorithms, symbolic representation
- MeSH terms
- Origin of Life, Algorithms, Biophysics, Biological Evolution, Genotype, Models, Genetic, Phenotype, Reproduction, Selection, Genetic, Genetic Variation, Fuzzy Logic, History, 20th Century
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