'Feeling' the flow of time through sensorimotor co-ordination

Connection Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 301-324

  Tuci, Elio ^a   Trianni, Vito ^a   Dorigo, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dynamic neural networks; Evolutionary robotics; Robustness; Time based decision making mechanisms

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC NEURAL NETWORKS; EVOLUTIONARY ROBOTICS; SENSORIMOTOR COORDINATION; TIME-BASED DECISION MAKING MECHANISM;

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; DECISION MAKING; NEURAL NETWORKS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SIGNALING;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 11144273926     PISSN: 09540091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540090412331314740     Document Type: Article

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