Punctuated equilibrium and criticality in a simple model of evolution Export

@article{citeulike:1338955, abstract = {A simple and robust model of biological evolution of an ecology of interacting species is introduced. The model self-organizes into a critical steady state with intermittent coevolutionary avalanches of all sizes; i.e.; it exhibits ''punctuated equilibrium'' behavior. This collaborative evolution is much faster than non-cooperative scenarios since no large and coordinated; and hence prohibitively unlikely; mutations are involved.}, author = {Bak, Per and Sneppen, Kim}, citeulike-article-id = {1338955}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.4083}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v71/i24/p4083_1}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://link.aps.org/pdf/PRL/v71/i24/p4083_1}, day = {13}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.4083}, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, keywords = {phase\_transition, scaling, soc}, month = {Dec}, number = {24}, pages = {4083--4086}, posted-at = {2009-11-09 14:13:25}, priority = {2}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, title = {Punctuated equilibrium and criticality in a simple model of evolution}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.4083}, volume = {71}, year = {1993} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1338955 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1338955 N2 - A simple and robust model of biological evolution of an ecology of interacting species is introduced. The model self-organizes into a critical steady state with intermittent coevolutionary avalanches of all sizes; i.e.; it exhibits ‘‘punctuated equilibrium’’ behavior. This collaborative evolution is much faster than non-cooperative scenarios since no large and coordinated; and hence prohibitively unlikely; mutations are involved. IS - 24 JF - Physical Review Letters EP - 4086 TI - Punctuated equilibrium and criticality in a simple model of evolution PB - American Physical Society VL - 71 SP - 4083 KW - phase_transition KW - scaling KW - soc AU - Bak, Per AU - Sneppen, Kim PY - 1993/Dec/13/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.4083 ER -