The operative mind: A functional, computational and modeling approach to machine consciousness

International Journal of Machine Consciousness

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-98

  Hernández, Carlos ^a   López, Ignacio ^a   Sanz, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

function; Machine consciousness; modeling; operating system

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURE; CONTROL ARCHITECTURE; FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES; MACHINE CONSCIOUSNESS; MODELING APPROACH; TECHNICAL SYSTEMS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS;

EID: 80052228629     PISSN: 17938430     EISSN: 17938473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1793843009000098     Document Type: Article

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