?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Computer+simulation%3A+A+new+scientific+approach+to+the+study+of+language+evolution&rft.creator=Cangelosi%2C+Angelo&rft.creator=Parisi%2C+Domenico&rft.subject=Evolution&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Dynamical+Systems&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.subject=Historical+Linguistics&rft.subject=Comparative+Linguistics&rft.subject=Neurolinguistics&rft.subject=Psycholinguistics&rft.description=(summary+of+the+whole+book)%0AThis+volume+provides+a+comprehensive+survey+of+computational+models+and+methodologies+used+for+studying+the+origin+and+evolution+of+language+and+communication.++With+contributions+from+the+most+influential+figures+in+the+field%2C+Simulating+the+Evolution+of+Language+presents+and+summarises+current+computational+approaches+to+language+evolution+and+highlights+new+lines+of+development.+Among+the+main+discussion+points+are%3A%0A%0A%C2%B7++++++++Analysis+of+emerging+linguistic+behaviours+and+structures%0A%0A%C2%B7++++++++Demonstration+of+the+strict+interaction+and+interdependence+between+language+and+other+non-linguistic+abilities%0A%0A%C2%B7++++++++Direct+comparisons+between+simulation+studies+and+empirical+research%0A%0AEssential+reading+for+researchers+and+students+in+the+areas+of+evolutionary+and+adaptive+systems%2C+language+evolution%2C+modelling+and+linguistics%2C+it+will+also+be+of+particular+interest+to+computer+scientists+working+on+multi-agent+systems%2C+robotics+and+internet+agents.+++++%0A&rft.publisher=Springer+Verlag&rft.contributor=Cangelosi%2C+Angelo&rft.contributor=Parisi%2C+Domenico&rft.date=2002&rft.type=Book+Chapter&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2014%2F3%2Fbook-chapter1.pdf&rft.identifier=++Cangelosi%2C+Angelo+and+Parisi%2C+Domenico++(2002)+Computer+simulation%3A+A+new+scientific+approach+to+the+study+of+language+evolution.++%5BBook+Chapter%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2014%2F