Subject: Fw: Announcement: Special Issue "Imitation in Natural and Artificial Systems"
From: francois bousquet (bousquet@cirad.fr)
Date: jeu jan 25 2001 - 23:04:49 CET
IMITATION IN NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL SYSTEMS
Special Issue of the International Journal
CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS
published by
Taylor & Francis
edited by
Chrystopher L. Nehaniv and Kerstin Dautenhahn
University of Hertfordshire
Volume 32, Number 1-2, January-March 2001
Table of Contents:
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Guest Editorial: Imitation in Natural and Artificial Systems
Chrystopher L. Nehaniv and Kerstin Dautenhahn
pp. 1-10
Like Me? - Measures of Correspondence and Imitation
Chrystopher L. Nehaniv and Kerstin Dautenhahn
pp. 11-51
Imitation in Animals: Evidence, Function, and Mechanisms
Thomas. R. Zentall
pp. 53-96
Body Imitation in an Enculturated Organutan (Pongo pygmaeus)
Josep Call
pp. 97-119
A Model of Imitation Learning of Algorithms from Worked Examples
Edmund Furse
pp. 121-154
Learning Motor Skills by Imitation: A Biologically Inspired Robotic Model
Aude Billard
pp. 155-193
The Mechanisms of Imitation
Kevin N. Laland and Patrick Bateson
pp. 195-224
Evolution and Memes: The Human Brain as a Selective Imitation Device
Susan Blackmore
pp. 225-255
The Role of Hierarchy Levels in Vocal Imitations of Songbirds
Dietmar Todt, Jasmin Cirillo, Nicole Geberzahn, Friederike Schleuss
pp. 257-283
Imitative Versus Nonimitative Strategies in a Land Use Simulation
J. G. Polhill, N. M. Gotts, A. N. R. Law
pp. 285-307
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Dr. Kerstin Dautenhahn
Principal Lecturer (Research)
Adaptive Systems Research Group
http://homepages.feis.herts.ac.uk/~comqcln/ASRG.html
The University of Hertfordshire, Department of Computer Science
College Lane, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 9AB, United Kingdom
URL: http://homepages.feis.herts.ac.uk/~comqkd
E-mail: K.Dautenhahn@herts.ac.uk
Fax: +44-1707-284-303 Tel: +44-1707-284-333