Breedbot: an evolutionary application in digital content.
Purpose-This paper aims to describe an integrated hardware/software system based on evolutionary robotics and its application in an edutainment context.Design/methodology/approach-The system is based on a wide variety of artificial life techniques (artificial neural networks, genetic algorithms, use...
| Publicado en: | Electronic Library Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. 363 - 374 |
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| Formato: | pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Emerald Publishing Limited
2008
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