Emergence of communication in embodied agents: Co-adapting communicative and non-communicative behaviours

Connection Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 231-248

  Nolfi, Stefano ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive behaviour; Communication; Language evolution

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOUR; COGNITIVE CAPABILITY; EMBODIED AGENT; EMERGENCE OF COMMUNICATIONS; LANGUAGE EVOLUTION; RESEARCH PROBLEMS; SITUATED AGENTS;

COMMUNICATION;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 27744499849     PISSN: 09540091     EISSN: 13600494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540090500177554     Document Type: Review

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