A study of GasNet spatial embedding in a delayed-response task

Artificial Life XI: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems, ALIFE 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 640-647

  Vargas, Patricia A ^a   Di Paolo, Ezequiel A ^a   Husbands, Phil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELAYED-RESPONSE TASK; NEURO CONTROLLERS; NEUROMODULATION; ORIGINAL MODEL; ROBOT TASKS; SPATIAL CONSTRAINTS; SPATIAL EMBEDDING; SYNAPTIC INTERACTIONS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 70449806313     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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