Cognition and the power of continuous dynamical systems

Minds and Machines

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-71

  Schonbein, Whit ^a  

^a MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Cognition; Computational complexity; Connectionism; Dynamic systems theory

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; AUTOMATA THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; NEURAL NETWORKS; SYSTEM THEORY;

COGNITION; CONNECTIONISM; DISCRETE MATHEMATICS; DYNAMIC SYSTEMS THEORY;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 17144398467     PISSN: 09246495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11023-004-1345-6     Document Type: Article

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