Series: SFI Studies in the Sciences of Complexity Pub. Date: May 24, 2002 Publisher: Oxford University Press Cloth ISBN 0195142640 List Price $65.00 Paper ISBN 0195142659 List Price $39.95 Order Info More Info: Back of Book Info Table of Contents Introduction Series Info Return to book list.

Preface: Dynamics of Evolutionary Processes, James P. Crutchfield and Peter Schuster ... p. xiii

Macroevolution

The Sloshing Bucket: How the Physical Realm Controls Evolution, Niles Eldredge ... p. 3

Introduction, Erica Jen ... p. 1

Stable or Robust? What's the Difference? Erica Jen ... p. 7

Development Canalization, Stochasticity, and Robustness, R. C. Lewontin and Peter J. E. Goss ... p. 21

Evolution of Phenotypic Robustness, Joachim Hermisson and Gunter P. Wagner ... p. 47

Principles and Parameters of Molecular Robustness, David C. Krakauer and Joshua B. Plotkin ... p. 71

Directing the Evolvable: Utilizing Robustness in Evolution, Christopher A. Voigt, Stephen L. Mayo, Zhen-Gang Wang, and Frances Arnold ... p. 105

Robustness in Neuronal Systems: The Balance Between Homeostasis, Plasticity, and Modulation, Eve Marder and Dirk Bucher .. p. 135

Cross-System Perspectives on the Ecology and Evolution of Resilience, Colleen T. Webb and Simon A. Levin ... p. 151

Robustness in Ecosystems, Brian Walker, Garry Peterson, John M. Anderies, Ann Kinzig, and Steve Carpenter ... p. 173

Robustness in the History of Life? Douglas H. Erwin ... p. 191

Computation in the Wild, Stephanie Forrest, Justin Balthrop, Matthew Glickman, and David Ackley ... p. 207

Robustness and the Internet: Design and Evolution, Walter Willinger and John Doyle ... p. 231

Robustness and the Internet: Theoretical Foundations, John C. Doyle, Steven H. Low, Fernando Paganini, Glenn Vinnicombe, Walter Willinger, and Pablo Parrilo ... p. 273

Index ... p. 287