Relatedness influences signal reliability in evolving robots

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1704, 2011, Pages 378-383

  Mitri, Sara ^a   Floreano, Dario ^a   Keller, Laurent ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Communication; Evolution; Kin selection; Relatedness; Reliability; Robots

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; KIN SELECTION; PERCEPTION; RELATEDNESS; ROBOTICS; SIGNAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79251525207     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1407     Document Type: Conference Paper

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