The scientific mind cannot regard the intricate system of adaptations in nature as arbitrary and is not satisfied "so long as any explanation, not tantamount to arbitrariness itself, has any probability in the order of nature" (PD 100).
He attempted to explain social phenomena as enduring systems of adaptation, fusion, and integration of elements.
The merging of crop and wild habitats on the edge of agricultural fields (i.e., 'hybridization of the habitat'; Anderson 1948) can produce ecological niches favorable to crop wild hybrids possessing new 'genetic systems of adaptation' (Anderson and Stebbins 1954, pp. 378).
Possible explanations include factors that reduce the efficacy of natural selection relative to drift, such as low effective population sizes, strong population structure[ 36, 40], or effects of mating system on adaptation [ 41, 42].
We contrast the U.S. model to the Dutch system of climate adaptation to emphasize the feasibility, value, and effectiveness of adopting robust adaptive capacities, rather than policies steeped in reactionary responses.
We demonstrate our methodology on a prototype biological system of perfect adaptation dynamics, namely the chemotaxis model for Escherichia coli.
This study proposes a negotiation-based approach to combine the notion of adaptivity (system-controlled adaptation) and adaptability (user-controlled adaptation) for an adaptive learning system.
Rainbow has distinctive features: an explicit architecture model of the target system, a collection of adaptation strategies, and utility preferences to guide adaptation.
In several genetic systems, the speed of adaptation has been attributed to cellular mechanisms that increase mutation rates in response to growth limitation.
