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Brains, machines, and mathematics

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Topics in mathematical system theory

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Brains, machines, and mathematics. By Michael A. Arbib

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The Design of well-structured and correct programs

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A Basis for theoretical computer science

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Progress in cybernetics and systems research

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Progress in cybernetics and systems research

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Progress in cybernetics and systems research : vol. IX / edited by Robert Trappl, Luigi Ricciardi, and Gordon Pask ; with an introd. by Michael A. Arbib.
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Neural models of language processes

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Progress in cybernetics and systems research

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Progress in cybernetics and systems research : vol. XI / edited by Robert Trappl, Nicholas V. Findler, and Werner Horn ; with introd. by Michael A. Arbib.
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Progress in cybernetics and systems research

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Progress in cybernetics and systems research : vol. X / edited by Robert Trappl, F. DeP. Hanika [i.e. Francis DePaula Hanika], and Rolfe Tomlinson ; with introd. by Michael A. Arbib.
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Competition and cooperation in neural nets

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Competition and cooperation in neural nets : proceedings of the U. S.-Japan joint seminar held at Kyoto, Japan, Feb. 15-19, 1982 / edited by S. Amari [i.e. Shun-Ichi Amari] and M. A. Arbib [i.e. Michael A. Arbib].
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Lecture notes in biomathematics ;
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A Programming approach to computability

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Adaptive control of ill-defined systems/ edited by Oliver G. Selfridge, Edwina L. Rissland, and Michael A. Arbib

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Adaptive control of ill-defined systems/ edited by Oliver G. Selfridge, Edwina L. Rissland, and Michael A. Arbib.
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Computers and the cybernetic society

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Computers and the cybernetic society / Michael A. Arbib.
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The Study of information

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Relational database technology

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Algebraic approaches to program semantics

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Algebraic approaches to program semantics / Ernest G. Manes, Michael A. Arbib.
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In search of the person

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In search of the person : philosophical explorations in cognitive science / Michael A. Arbib.
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From schema theory to language

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Vision, brain, and cooperative computation

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Vision, brain, and cooperative computation / edited by Michael A. Arbib and Allen R. Hanson.
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Computational models of cognition and perception
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Brains, machines, and mathematics

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Brains, machines, and mathematics / Michael A. Arbib.
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An Introduction to formal language theory

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An Introduction to formal language theory / Robert N. Moll, Michael A. Arbib, A. J. Kfoury ; with 61 ill.
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Texts and monographs in computer science.
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203 p.
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Dynamic interactions in neutral networks

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Dynamic interactions in neutral networks : models and data / Michael A. Arbib, Shun-Ichi Amari, editors.
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Research notes in neural computing ;
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New York : Springer, c1988.
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Object-oriented database programming

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Visual structures and integrated functions

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Visual structures and integrated functions / Michael A. Arbib, Joerg-Peter Ewert, editors ; with 174 ill.
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Neuroscience

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Neuroscience : from neural networks to artificial intelligence : proceedings of a US-Mexico seminar held in the city of Xalapa in the state of Veracruz on December 9-11, 1992 / Pablo Rudomin, Michael A. Arbib, Francisco Cervantes-Perez, Ranulfo Romo, editors.
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Research notes in neural computing ;
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New York : Springer, c1993.
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The handbook of brain theory and neural networks

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1995
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The handbook of brain theory and neural networks / edited by Michael A. Arbib, editorial assistant, Prudence H. Arbib.
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Neural organization

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Neural organization : structure, function, and dynamics / Michael A. Arbib, Peter Erdi, and Janos Szentagothai.
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Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c1998.
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407 p.
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Computing the brain

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Computing the brain : a guide to neuroinformatics / edited by Michael A. Arbib, Jeffrey S. Grethe.
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The handbook of brain theory and neural networks

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