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Evolve IV: A metabolically-based artificial ecosystem model

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Evolutionary Programming VII (EP 1998)

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Evolve IV is designed to explore the effects of environmental uncertainty on niche proliferation and the evolution of interspecific interactions. Preliminary experiments with the model suggest that autotrophicheterotrophic specializations emerge.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Wayne State University, 48202, Detroit, Michigan, USA

    Jon Brewster & Michael Conrad

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V. W. Porto N. Saravanan D. Waagen A. E. Eiben

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Brewster, J., Conrad, M. (1998). Evolve IV: A metabolically-based artificial ecosystem model. In: Porto, V.W., Saravanan, N., Waagen, D., Eiben, A.E. (eds) Evolutionary Programming VII. EP 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1447. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0040799

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