Learning and evolution

Autonomous Robots

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 89-113

  Nolfi, Stefano ^a   Floreano, Dario ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; NEURAL NETWORKS;

BALDWIN EFFECT;

ROBOT LEARNING;

EID: 0032682507     PISSN: 09295593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008973931182     Document Type: Article

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