The Evolution of Complexity: Simple Simulations of Major Innovations (1st ed. 2020) (Emergence, Complexity and Computation #37)
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- Synopsis
- This book gathers together much of the author’s work – both old and new - to explore a number of the key increases in complexity seen in the natural world, seeking to explain each of them purely in terms of the features of fitness landscapes. In a very straightforward manner, the book introduces basic concepts to help readers follow the main ideas. By using variations of the NK model and including the concept of the Baldwin effect, the author presents new abstract models that are able to explain why sources of evolutionary innovation (genomes, symbiosis, sex, chromosomes, multicellularity) have been selected for and hence how complexity has increased over time in some lineages.
- Copyright:
- 2020
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- ISBN-13:
- 9783030407308
- Related ISBNs:
- 9783030407292
- Publisher:
- Springer International Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 05/27/20
- Copyrighted By:
- Springer
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Science, Computers and Internet, Technology
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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