Autopoiesis and cognition in the game of life

Artificial Life

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 309-326

  Beer, Randall D ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopoiesis; Cellular automata; Cognitive domain; Self construction; Self organization; Structural coupling

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; AUTOMATA THEORY; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOLOGY; BRAIN; CELLULAR ARRAYS; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AUTOPOIESIS; CELLULAR AUTOMATA; COGNITIVE DOMAIN; SELF CONSTRUCTION; SELF ORGANIZATION;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COGNITION; HUMAN; LIFE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COGNITION; HUMANS; LIFE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL;

EID: 2342488164     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/1064546041255539     Document Type: Article

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