Autonomy in robots and other agents

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 88-106

  Smithers, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOREGULATION; EGO IDENTITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SELF CONTROL;

EID: 0031172111     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brcg.1997.0908     Document Type: Article

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