Evolution of an Optimal Lexicon under Constraints from Embodiment

Artificial Life

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 387-402

  Zuidema, Willem ^a   Westermann, Gert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embodiment; Evolution; Language; Lexicon; Self organization

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; ROBOTS; TOPOLOGY;

COGNITIVE SCIENCE; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS;

LINGUISTICS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; LANGUAGE;

EVOLUTION; LANGUAGE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL;

EID: 0344465340     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/106454603322694834     Document Type: Conference Paper

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