Reproducer classification using the theory of affordances

Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life, CI-ALife 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 115-122

  Webster, Matt ^a   Malcolm, Grant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); COMPUTER VIRUSES;

REPRODUCTIVE MACHINERY; THEORY OF AFFORDANCE;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 34548751669     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ALIFE.2007.367786     Document Type: Conference Paper

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