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This book is a collection of essays exploring adaptive systems from many perspectives, ranging from computational applications to models of adaptation in living and social systems. The essays on computation discuss history, theory, applications, and possible threats of adaptive and evolvingcomputations systems. The modeling chapters cover topics such as evolution in microbial populations, the evolution of cooperation, and how ideas about evolution relate to economics.The title Perspectives on Adaptation in Natural and Artificial Systems honors John Holland, whose 1975 Book, Adaptation in Natural and Artificial Systems has become a classic text for many disciplines in which adaptation play a central role. The essays brought together here were originally writtento honor John Holland, and span most of the different areas touched by his wide-ranging and influential research career. The authors include some of the most prominent scientists in the fields of artificial intelligence evolutionary computation, and complex adaptive systems. Taken together, theseessays present a broad modern picture of current research on adaptation as it relates to computers, living systems, society, and their complex interactions.

ISBN-13

9780195162929

ISBN-10

0195162927

Weight

1.16 Pounds

Dimensions

9.21 x 6.14 x 0.75 In

List Price

$160.00

Edition

1st Edition

Format

Hardcover

Language

English

Pages

324 pages

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published On

2005-02-24



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