Emergence of memory-driven command neurons in evolved artificial agents

Neural Computation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 691-716

  Aharonov Barki, Ranit ^a   Beker, Tuvik ^a   Ruppin, Eytan ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; EVOLUTION; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

EVOLUTION; MEMORY; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONS;

EID: 0035289731     PISSN: 08997667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089976601300014529     Document Type: Article

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