Part 6: Table of Contents for an abstract view of the basic mechanics of evolution
Organization      Pages      
Main menuentry into this research project
Title Page
Preface
Overview
Copy, select, and vary2 populations, 3 mechanisms, and time in discrete steps
copying from the parent population to the child populationsingle and identical copies per parent
variation: from the parent population to the child populationchildren are not identical to the parent nor to each other
selecting the number of copies: children per parent multiple (or no) copies per parent, depending on closeness to the 'ideal'
Review and discussioncopying as passing information from one generation to the next
Evolution as information passing with a learning componentexperimenting to optimize, using all individuals from a population
Extrascopying as passing information from one generation to the next
not yet integrated or oldexperimenting to optimize, using all individuals from a population