Coevolution of lexicon and syntax from a simulation perspective

Complexity

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 50-62

  Gong, Tao ^a   Minett, James W ^a   Ke, Jinyun ^b   Holland, John H ^b   Wang, William S Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Indirect meaning transference; Language emergence; Multiagent

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444461438     PISSN: 10762787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cplx.20093     Document Type: Article

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