Homeostasis and evolution together dealing with novelties and managing disruptions

International Journal of Intelligent Computing and Cybernetics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 435-454

  Vargas, Patricia A ^a   Moioli, Renan C ^b   von Zuben, Fernando J ^c   Husbands, Phil ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Endocrine system; Neural nets; Robotics

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HORMONES; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK MODELS; AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION; CONTROL ACTIONS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS; EVOLUTIONARY ROBOTICS; GENERIC MODELS; HOMEOSTATIC MECHANISM; HOMEOSTATIC REGULATIONS; HORMONE RECEPTORS; HUMAN BODIES; KEY ISSUES; NEURAL NETS; REAL ROBOT; SELF-ADAPT;

COORDINATION REACTIONS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 70449762225     PISSN: 1756378X     EISSN: 17563798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17563780910982680     Document Type: Article

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