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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784517403321

Titolo

Perspectives on adaptation in natural and artificial systems [[electronic resource] /] / editors, Lashon Booker ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

0-19-756211-6

1-280-70433-0

0-19-803686-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (325 p.)

Collana

Santa Fe Institute studies in the sciences of complexity

Altri autori (Persone)

BookerLashon

Disciplina

629.8/36

Soggetti

Adaptive control systems - Mathematical models

Artificial intelligence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2005.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: Adaptation, Evolution, and Intelligence; PART 1: GENETIC ALGORITHMS AND BEYOND; Chapter 1: Genetic Algorithms: A 30-Year Perspective; Chapter 2: Human-Competitive Machine Intelligence by Means of Genetic Algorithms; Chapter 3: John H. Holland, Facetwise Models, and Economy of Thought; PART 2: COMPUTATION, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AND BEYOND; Chapter 4: An Early Graduate Program in Computers and Communications; Chapter 5: Had We But World Enough and Time...; Chapter 6: Discrete Event Abstraction: An Emerging Paradigm for Modeling Complex Adaptive Systems

Chapter 7: Good Old-Fashioned AI and Genetic Algorithms: An Exercise in Translation ScholarshipChapter 8: Moore's Law, Artificial Evolution, and the Fate of Humanity; PART 3: THE NATURAL WORLD AND BEYOND; Chapter 9: Evolution of Complexity in Microbial Populations; Chapter 10: Favored Places in the Selfish Herd: Trading Off Food and Security; Chapter 11: Tags, Interaction Patterns, and the Evolution of Cooperation; Chapter 12: The Impact of Environmental Dynamics on Cultural Emergence; Chapter 13: John Holland and the Evolution of Economics; Chapter 14: Cognition: The Black Box of Economics

IndexA; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z



Sommario/riassunto

John Holland is known as 'the father of genetic algorithms', a pioneer exploring 'emergence' & a leading figure in the sciences of complexity. This volume offers 17 scholarly papers that set out to evaluate Holland's work, drawing from a variety of disciplines, ranging from economics to cognitive science.