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An Informational Study of the Evolution of Codes in Different Population Structures

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An Informational Study of the Evolution of Codes in Different Population Structures. / Burgos, Andrés; Polani, D.

ALIFE 14: Procs of the 14th Int Conf on the Synthesis and Simulation of living Systems. ed. / Hiroki Sayama. MIT Press, 2014. p. 352-359.

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Harvard

Burgos, A & Polani, D 2014, An Informational Study of the Evolution of Codes in Different Population Structures. in H Sayama (ed.), ALIFE 14: Procs of the 14th Int Conf on the Synthesis and Simulation of living Systems. MIT Press, pp. 352-359, ALIFE 2014, New York, United States, 30/07/14. https://doi.org/10.7551/978-0-262-32621-6-ch056

APA

Burgos, A., & Polani, D. (2014). An Informational Study of the Evolution of Codes in Different Population Structures. In H. Sayama (Ed.), ALIFE 14: Procs of the 14th Int Conf on the Synthesis and Simulation of living Systems (pp. 352-359). MIT Press. https://doi.org/10.7551/978-0-262-32621-6-ch056

Vancouver

Burgos A, Polani D. An Informational Study of the Evolution of Codes in Different Population Structures. In Sayama H, editor, ALIFE 14: Procs of the 14th Int Conf on the Synthesis and Simulation of living Systems. MIT Press. 2014. p. 352-359 https://doi.org/10.7551/978-0-262-32621-6-ch056

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Burgos, Andrés ; Polani, D. / An Informational Study of the Evolution of Codes in Different Population Structures. ALIFE 14: Procs of the 14th Int Conf on the Synthesis and Simulation of living Systems. editor / Hiroki Sayama. MIT Press, 2014. pp. 352-359

Bibtex

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