Analysis of a dynamical recurrent neural network evolved for two qualitatively different tasks: Walking and chemotaxis

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 257-264

  Izquierdo, Eduardo J ^a,b   Buhrmann, Thomas ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c Natural Motion Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICAL RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORK; EXTERNAL SIGNALS; INTERCONNECTED NETWORK; LEGGED LOCOMOTION; LIVING ORGANISMS; NEURAL DYNAMICS; NEURAL LEARNING; SENSORY STIMULUS; STRUCTURAL MODULE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 84874632980     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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