Evolving an agent-based model to probe behavioral rules in flocks of cowbirds

Artificial Life XI: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems, ALIFE 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 561-568

  Anne Smith, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED MODEL; ASSOCIATION PATTERNS; BEHAVIORAL RULES; BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD; FLOCK OF BIRDS; SELF ORGANIZATIONS; SELF-ORGANIZE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL LEARNING;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

EID: 84874631045     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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