Associative memory in gene regulation networks

Artificial Life XII: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems, ALIFE 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 194-202

  Watson, Richard A ^a   Buckley, C L ^b   Mills, Rob ^a   Davies, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFORDANCES; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORIES; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIATIONS; EVOLUTION OF STRUCTURES; EVOLVABILITY; GENE EXPRESSION NETWORK; GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS; GENE REGULATION NETWORK; HEBBIAN; REGULATION NETWORKS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

ASSOCIATIVE PROCESSING; ASSOCIATIVE STORAGE; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; NEURAL NETWORKS;

GENE EXPRESSION;

EID: 84874741016     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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