Theoretical tools in modeling communication and language dynamics

Evolution of Communication and Language in Embodied Agents

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 67-81

  Loreto, Vittorio ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISI FOUNDATION   (Italy)

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EID: 84861844785     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-01250-1_5     Document Type: Chapter

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