Robust design : repertoire of biological, ecological, and engineering case studies / editor, Erica Jen.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Erica Jen -- Stable or Robust? : What's the Difference? / Erica Jen -- Development Canalization, Stochasticity, and Robustness / R.C. Lewontin, Peter J.E. Goss -- Evolution of Phenotypic Robustness / Joachim Hermisson, Gunter P. Wagner -- Principles and Parameters of Molecular Robustness / David C. Krakauer, Joshua B. Plotkin -- Directing the Evolvable : Utilizing Robustness in Evolution / Christopher A. Voigt [and others] -- Robustness in Neuronal Systems : The Balance Between Homeostasis, Plasticity, and Modulation / Eve Marder, Dirk Bucher -- Cross-System Perspectives on the Ecology and Evolution of Resilience / Colleen T. Webb, Simon A. Levin -- Robustness in Ecosystems / Brian Walker [and others] -- Robustness in the History of Life? / Douglas H. Erwin -- Computation in the Wild / Stephanie Forrest [and others] -- Robustness and the Internet : Design and Evolution / Walter Willinger, John Doyle -- Robustness and the Internet : Theoretical Foundations / John C. Doyle [and others].