Comp. Neuroscience with Evolutionary Agents - A Review Paper

[Eytan Ruppin]

  Evolutionary Autonomous Agents: A Neuroscience Perspective
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  Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 3(2), February issue, p. 132 - 142, 2002.

  http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nrn/journal/v3/n2/index.html


    Abstract:

This paper examines the research paradigm of neurally-driven Evolutionary
Autonomous Agents (EAAs), from a neuroscience perspective. 

Two fundamental questions are addressed:
1.  Can EAA studies shed new light on the structure and function of biological 
nervous systems?
2. Can these studies lead to the development of new neuroscientific analysis 
tools?

The value and significant potential of EAA modeling in both respects is 
demonstrated and discussed.  While the study of EAAs as a neuroscience 
research methodology still faces difficult conceptual and technical 
challenges, it is a promising and timely endeavor.


  The paper may also be downloaded from http://www.math.tau.ac.il/~ruppin/.

  Best,

       Eytan Ruppin