Evolutionary robotics as a tool to investigate spatial cognition in artificial and natural systems

Artificial Cognition Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 210-237

  Ponticorvo, Michela ^a   Walker, Richard ^b   Miglino, Orazio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b XiWrite sas ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

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EID: 66149187651     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-111-7.ch007     Document Type: Chapter

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