Behavioral robustness: An emergent phenomenon by means of distributed mechanisms and neurodynamic determinacy

BioSystems

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-51

  Fernandez Leon, Jose A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioral robustness; Bio inspired theoretical biology; Complex adaptive systems; Evolutionary robotics; Genetic algorithm; Minimal cognition

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN; COGNITION; CONTROL SYSTEM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC ALGORITHM; NEUROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER MODEL; ROBOTICS; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX;

EID: 83855165739     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: 18728324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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