Signals:evolution, learning, & information
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Oxford University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Oxford New York |
Publication Dates: | 2010. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | 199 p.: ill., maps ; 22 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780199580828 (acid-free paper) 0199580820 9780199582945 (pbk.) 0199582947 (pbk.) |
Index Number: | H0 |
CLC: | H0 |
Call Number: | H0/S629 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-195) and index. Signals -- Signals in nature -- Information -- Evolution -- Evolution in Lewis Signaling Games -- Deception -- Learning -- Learning in Lewis Signaling Games -- Generalizing signaling games : synonyms, bottlenecks, category formation -- Inventing new signals -- Networks I : logic and information processing -- Complex signals and compositionality -- Networks II : teamwork -- Learning to network. Brian Skyrms offers a demonstration of how fundamental signals are to our world. He uses various scientific tools to examine how meaning & communication develop. Signals operate in networks of senders & receivers at all levels of life, transmitting & processing information. That is how humans & animals think & interact. |