James M Whitacre

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Publications

  1. ncbi Degeneracy: a link between evolvability, robustness and complexity in biological systems
    James M Whitacre
    School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK
    Theor Biol Med Model 7:6. 2010
  2. ncbi Networked buffering: a basic mechanism for distributed robustness in complex adaptive systems
    James M Whitacre
    School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK
    Theor Biol Med Model 7:20. 2010

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Publications2

  1. ncbi Degeneracy: a link between evolvability, robustness and complexity in biological systems
    James M Whitacre
    School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK
    Theor Biol Med Model 7:6. 2010
    ..In support of this hypothesis, we present evidence that degeneracy is a fundamental source of robustness, it is intimately tied to multi-scaled complexity, and it establishes conditions that are necessary for system evolvability...
  2. ncbi Networked buffering: a basic mechanism for distributed robustness in complex adaptive systems
    James M Whitacre
    School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK
    Theor Biol Med Model 7:20. 2010
    ..It may also help explain recent developments in understanding the origins of resilience within complex ecosystems...