The self as an embedded agent

Minds and Machines

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 187-201

  Dobbyn, Chris ^a   Stuart, Susan ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent; Embedded; Embodied; Representation; Situated

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS;

EMBEDDED AGENTS;

SOFTWARE AGENTS;

EID: 0037405742     PISSN: 09246495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022997315561     Document Type: Article

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