A connectionist central pattern generator for the aquatic and terrestrial gaits of a simulated salamander

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 331-348

  Ijspeert, Auke Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LOCOMOTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; URODELA;

EID: 0035350209     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004220000211     Document Type: Article

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