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From Complex Networks to Intelligent Systems

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Book cover Creating Brain-Like Intelligence

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNAI,volume 5436))

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Much progress has been made in our understanding of the structure and function of brain networks. Recent evidence indicates that such networks contain specific structural patterns and motifs and that these structural attributes facilitate complex neural dynamics. Such complex dynamics enables brain circuits to effectively integrate information, a fundamental capacity that appears to be associated with a broad range of higher cognitive functions. Complex networks underlying cognition are not confined to the brain, but extend through sensors and effectors to the external world. Viewed in a quantitative framework, the information processing capability of the brain depends in part on the embodied interactions of an autonomous system in an environment. Thus, the conceptual framework of complex networks might provide a basis for the understanding and design of future intelligent systems.

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  1. Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 47405, USA

    Olaf Sporns

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  1. Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH, 63073 Offenbach/Main, Germany

    Bernhard Sendhoff

  2. Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH, Carl-Legien-Strasse 30, 63073, Offenbach/Main, Germany

    Edgar Körner

  3. Dept. of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, IN 47405, Bloomington, USA

    Olaf Sporns

  4. Faculty of Technology, Neuroinformatics Group, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstr. 25, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany

    Helge Ritter

  5. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Neural Computation Unit,, 12-22 Suzaki, Uruma, 904-2234, Okinawa, Japan

    Kenji Doya

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Sporns, O. (2009). From Complex Networks to Intelligent Systems. In: Sendhoff, B., Körner, E., Sporns, O., Ritter, H., Doya, K. (eds) Creating Brain-Like Intelligence. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 5436. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00616-6_2

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