Taking a mental stance towards artificial systems

AAAI Fall Symposium - Technical Report

Volumn FS-09-01, Issue , 2009, Pages 56-61

  Gamez, David ^a   Aleksander, Igor ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SYSTEMS; AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; INTERNAL STATE; LOW LEVEL; MENTAL STATE; PHYSICAL INFORMATION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 77954221138     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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