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treason@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Act of Treason) writes:
>I retrieved a program off of the funic archive a while back called
>nervous.lzh and found it rather interesting. Its a neural simulation of a
>cockroach for msdos. It allows building of neurons and connetions with
>moderation and such, but there was one problem. The neurons are listed
>as acronyms, and by themselves mean nothing. I have threaded through the
>various acronyms and deciphered what they were due to the connections and
>functionality, but alas, I still am stumped on a few. I would really appreciateif someone sent me a list if such a thing exists, and if so, I will modify the source to include a description of what the neuron is for reference of the
>individual wishing to modify its parameters.
Sounds like you have the MS-DOS version of Beer's cockroach
simulator. That program was written by
Pat and Greg Williams, Rt. 1, Box 302, Gravel Switch, KY 40328,
606-332-7606, and they will send you a source disk for a small fee.
The theory is based on the ideas of Randall D. Beer, Department of
Computer Engineering and Science, Case Western Reserve University,
Cleveland, Ohio, as found in his INTELLIGENCE AS ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR: AN
EXPERIMENT IN COMPUTATIONAL NEUROETHOLOGY, Academic Press, 1990 (ISBN
0-12-084730-2; to order, you can phone A.P. toll-free at 1-800-321-5068).
