Toward formal models of biologically inspired, highly parallel machine cognition

International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 367-408

  Wallace, Rodrick ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automata; Cognition; Groupoid; Information; Parallel

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

AUTOMATA; COGNITION; GROUPOID; INFORMATION; PARALLEL;

PARALLEL PROGRAMMING;

EID: 51749102910     PISSN: 17445760     EISSN: 17445779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17445760801932357     Document Type: Article

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