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Perspectives on adaptation in natural and artificial systems / editors, Lashon Booker ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Proceedings volume in the Santa Fe Institute studies in the sciences of complexity.
- Santa Fe Institute studies in the sciences of complexity
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adaptive control systems--Mathematical models.
- Adaptive control systems.
- Artificial intelligence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (325 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2005.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-756211-6
- 1-280-70433-0
- 0-19-803686-8
- OCLC:
- 437108487
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