Memetic evolution in the development of proto-language

Memetic Computing

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-18

  Sutcliffe, A G ^a   Wang, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent strategies; Communication; Cooperation; Language evolution; Meme populations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893974509     PISSN: 18659284     EISSN: 18659292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12293-013-0126-2     Document Type: Article

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