Consciousness, action selection, meaning and phenomenic anticipation

International Journal of Machine Consciousness

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 383-399

  Sanz, Ricardo ^a   Hernández, Carlos ^a   Sanchez Escribano M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

artificial systems; Consciousness; meaning; phenomenology; requirements driven engineering

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACT MODELS; ACTION SELECTION; ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION; ARTIFICIAL SYSTEMS; BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; CONSCIOUSNESS; INTRINSIC MOTIVATION; MEANING; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRECISE DEFINITION; STATE SPACE;

ABSTRACTING;

EID: 84872696295     PISSN: 17938430     EISSN: 17938473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1793843012400227     Document Type: Conference Paper

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