An information-theoretic landscape analysis of neuro-controlled embodied organisms

Neural Computing and Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 80-89

  Teo, Jason ^a   Abbass, Hussein A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artificial life; Artificial neural networks; Embodied cognition; Evolutionary algorithms; Evolutionary robotics; Fitness landscapes

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFORMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROBOTS;

ARTIFICIAL LIFE; EMBODIED COGNITION; EVOLUTIONARY ROBOTICS; FITNESS LANDSCAPES;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 2342640824     PISSN: 09410643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00521-003-0395-7     Document Type: Article

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