The Evolution of Complexity [electronic resource] : Simple Simulations of Major Innovations / by Larry Bull.
By: Bull, Larry [author.]
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BookSeries: Emergence, Complexity and Computation: 37Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020Edition: 1st ed. 2020.Description: X, 88 p. 65 illus., 1 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783030407308.Subject(s): Dynamics | Nonlinear theories | Evolution (Biology) | Machine learning | System theory | Applied Dynamical Systems | Evolutionary Biology | Machine Learning | Complex SystemsAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 515.39 Online resources: Click here to access online
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Springer Nature eBookSummary: 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.
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.
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