TY - JOUR
T1 - Evolutionary autonomous agents
T2 - A neuroscience perspective
AU - Ruppin, Eytan
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported by the FIRST grant of the Israeli Academy of Sciences, and the Adams Brain Centre, Tel-Aviv University. I thank R. Aharonov, T. Beker, N. Gal-Ruppin, D. Horn, I. Meilijson, Y. Niv, Y. Oron, J. A. Reggia and Z. Solan for careful reading of this manuscript and many helpful comments.
PY - 2002/2
Y1 - 2002/2
N2 - In this article, I discuss the use of neurally driven evolutionary autonomous agents (EAAs) in neuroscientific investigations. Two fundamental questions are addressed. Can EAA studies shed new light on the structure and function of biological nervous systems? And can these studies lead to the development of new tools for neuroscientific analysis? The value and significant potential of EAA modelling in both respects is demonstrated and discussed. Although the study of EAAs for neuroscience research still faces difficult conceptual and technical challenges, it is a promising and timely endeavour.
AB - In this article, I discuss the use of neurally driven evolutionary autonomous agents (EAAs) in neuroscientific investigations. Two fundamental questions are addressed. Can EAA studies shed new light on the structure and function of biological nervous systems? And can these studies lead to the development of new tools for neuroscientific analysis? The value and significant potential of EAA modelling in both respects is demonstrated and discussed. Although the study of EAAs for neuroscience research still faces difficult conceptual and technical challenges, it is a promising and timely endeavour.
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U2 - 10.1038/nrn729
DO - 10.1038/nrn729
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AN - SCOPUS:0036480218
SN - 1471-003X
VL - 3
SP - 132
EP - 141
JO - Nature Reviews Neuroscience
JF - Nature Reviews Neuroscience
IS - 2
ER -