A conceptual neural model of idea generation

Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 723-729

  Doboli, Simona ^a   Brown, Vincent ^a   Minai, Ali A ^b  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY MODELS; CONCEPTUAL COMBINATION; IDEA GENERATION; NEURAL MECHANISMS; NEURAL MODELS; SIMULATION RESULT;

ASSOCIATIVE PROCESSING; DECISION MAKING; NEURAL NETWORKS;

SIMULATORS;

EID: 68149124690     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IJCNN.2009.5178980     Document Type: Conference Paper

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