A cognitive model of imitative development in humans and machines

International Journal of Humanoid Robotics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 387-406

  Shon, Aaron P ^a   Storz, Joshua J ^a   Meltzoff, Andrew N ^b   Rao, Rajesh P N ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Imitation; Plan recognition; Predictive models

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN INFERENCE; HUMANOID ROBOT; IMITATION LEARNING; PLAN RECOGNITION;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; STEREO VISION;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 34447311916     PISSN: 02198436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219843607001059     Document Type: Article

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