A steering taxis model and the qualitative analysis of its trajectories

Adaptive Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 197-211

  Rano I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Braitenberg vehicles; Dynamical systems analysis; Mathematical models; Qualitative analysis; Taxis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 70350355127     PISSN: 10597123     EISSN: 17412633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059712309104898     Document Type: Article

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