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Robust design : repertoire of biological, ecological, and engineering case studies /

Brings together 16 chapters by an eminent group of authors in a range of fields presenting aspects of robustness in biological, ecological, and computational systems. This volume also address robustness in biological, ecological, and computational systems.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Jen, Erica
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2005.
Series:Proceedings volume in the Santa Fe Institute studies in the sciences of complexity.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Erica Jen
  • Stable or Robust? : What's the Difference? / Erica Jen
  • Development Canalization, Stochasticity, and Robustness / R.C. Lewontin, Peter J.E. Goss
  • Evolution of Phenotypic Robustness / Joachim Hermisson, Gunter P. Wagner
  • Principles and Parameters of Molecular Robustness / David C. Krakauer, Joshua B. Plotkin
  • Directing the Evolvable : Utilizing Robustness in Evolution / Christopher A. Voigt [and others]
  • Robustness in Neuronal Systems : The Balance Between Homeostasis, Plasticity, and Modulation / Eve Marder, Dirk Bucher
  • Cross-System Perspectives on the Ecology and Evolution of Resilience / Colleen T. Webb, Simon A. Levin
  • Robustness in Ecosystems / Brian Walker [and others]
  • Robustness in the History of Life? / Douglas H. Erwin
  • Computation in the Wild / Stephanie Forrest [and others]
  • Robustness and the Internet : Design and Evolution / Walter Willinger, John Doyle
  • Robustness and the Internet : Theoretical Foundations / John C. Doyle [and others].