How to build an information gathering and processing system: Lessons from naturally and artificially intelligent systems

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-186

  Chappell, Jackie ^a   Demery, Zoe P ^a   Arriola Rios, Veronica ^a   Sloman, Aaron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exploration; Information processing; Learning; Play

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DESIGN; EXPLORATION; LEARNING; TRADE-OFF;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BEHAVIOR; DOCUMENTATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; PLANNING; RESOURCE PARTITIONING; THEORY;

ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 84856379731     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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