PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM AND CRITICALITY IN A SIMPLE-MODEL OF EVOLUTION

被引:1145
作者
BAK, P [1 ]
SNEPPEN, K [1 ]
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[1] NIELS BOHR INST,DK-2100 COPENHAGEN 0,DENMARK
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.4083
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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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 noncooperative scenarios since no large and coordinated, and hence prohibitively unlikely, mutations are involved.
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页码:4083 / 4086
页数:4
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