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Transportation and revolt :pigeons, mules, canals, and the vanishing geograph…
"Modes of transportation understood, by political regimes in different times and places, as intrinsically useful for clandestine movement, subversive mobility, and smuggling for revolt. Contents: Chapters look at canal transportation, several types of animal transportation (mules, elephants, camels and sled-dogs are all treated at some length), and inner-city freight-carrying infrastructure"--P…
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The Evolution of Communication
"A Bradford book."OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262275095
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Evolution of Communication Systems: A Comparative Approach
Laying foundations for an interdisciplinary approach to the study of evolution in communication systems with tools from evolutionary biology, linguistics, animal behavior, developmental psychology, philosophy, cognitive sciences, robotics, and neural network modeling.The search for origins of communication in a wide variety of species including humans is rapidly becoming a thoroughly interdisci…
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- 9780262281010
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- 1 online resource (x, 338 pages) :illustrations.
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From Animals to Animats: Proceedings of the First International Conference on…
Meeting held in Paris, Sept. 24-28, 1990."A Bradford book."These sixty contributions from researchers in ethology, ecology, cybernetics, artificial intelligence, robotics, and related fields delve into the behaviors and underlying mechanisms that allow animals and, potentially, robots to adapt and survive in uncertain environments. They focus in particular on simulation models in order to help …
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- 9780262256674
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- 1 online resource (x, 551 pages) :illustrations
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From Animals to Animats 2: Proceedings of the Second International Conference…
"A Bradford book."More than sixty contributions in From Animals to Animats2 by researchers in ethology, ecology, cybernetics, artificial intelligence, robotics, and related fields investigate behaviors and the underlying mechanisms that allow animals and, potentially, robots to adapt and survive in uncertain environments. Jean-Arcady Meyer is Director of Research, CNRS, Paris. Herbert L. Roitbl…
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- 9780262287159
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- 1 online resource (x, 523 pages) :illustrations.
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From Animals to Animats 4: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference…
"A Bradford book."The Animals to Animats Conference brings together researchers from ethology, psychology, ecology, artificial intelligence, artificial life, robotics, engineering, and related fields to further understanding of the behaviors and underlying mechanisms that allow natural and synthetic agents (animats) to adapt and survive in uncertain environments. The work presented focuses on w…
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- 9780262291316
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- 1 online resource (xii, 644 pages) :illustrations.
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From Animals to Animats 5: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference …
"A Bradford book."The Animals to Animats Conference brings together researchers from ethology, psychology, ecology, artificial intelligence, artificial life, robotics, engineering, and related fields to further understanding of the behaviors and underlying mechanisms that allow natural and synthetic agents (animats) to adapt and survive in uncertain environments. The work presented focuses on w…
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- 9780262291385
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- 1 online resource (xvi, 564 pages) :illustrations.
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From animals to animats 6: proceedings of the Sixth International Conference …
"A Bradford book."OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262316071
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 540 pages) :illustrations.
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From Animals to Animats 7: Proceedings of the Seventh International Conferenc…
The Simulation of Adaptive Behavior Conference brings together researchers from ethology, psychology, ecology, artificial intelligence, artificial life, robotics, computer science, engineering, and related fields to further understanding of the behaviors and underlying mechanisms that allow adaptation and survival in uncertain environments. The work presented focuses on robotic and computationa…
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- 1 online resource (xi, 420 pages) :illustrations
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From Animals to Animats 8: Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference…
"A Bradford book."New research on the adaptive behavior of natural and synthetic agents.The biannual International Conference on the Simulation of Adaptive Behavior brings together researchers from ethology, psychology, ecology, artificial intelligence, artificial life, robotics, engineering, and related fields to advance the understanding of behaviors and underlying mechanisms that allow natur…
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