Animats: Computer-Simulated Animals in Behavioral Research

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2596-2604

  Watts, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animat; Behavior; Computer Simulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); RESEARCH;

EID: 0032176086     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.76102596x     Document Type: Article

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