Network topology and self-consistency in language games

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 241, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 438-441

  Corominas, Bernat ^a   Solé, Ricard V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; GAME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; LETTER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; ROBOTICS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMMUNICATION; EVOLUTION; GAME THEORY; LANGUAGE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33745626130     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.11.025     Document Type: Letter

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