Mind and autonomy in engineered biosystems

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 389-399

  Clark, O G ^a   Kok, R ^a   Lacroix, R ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING;

BIOSYSTEMS; ECOCYBORGS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 0032676998     PISSN: 09521976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-1976(99)00010-X     Document Type: Article

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