Heinz von Foerster and Early Research in the Field of Pattern Recognition at the Biological Computer Laboratory

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Heinz von Foerster and Early Research in the Field of Pattern Recognition at the Biological Computer Laboratory. / Müggenburg, Jan.
Computer Aided Systems Theory – EUROCAST 2019 - 17th International Conference, Revised Selected Papers: 17th International Conference, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, February 17–22, 2019, Revised Selected Papers, Part I. ed. / Roberto Moreno-Díaz; Franz Pichler; Alexis Quesada-Arencibia. Vol. 1 Cham: Springer International Publishing AG, 2020. p. 116–122 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 12013 LNCS).

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Müggenburg, J 2020, Heinz von Foerster and Early Research in the Field of Pattern Recognition at the Biological Computer Laboratory. in R Moreno-Díaz, F Pichler & A Quesada-Arencibia (eds), Computer Aided Systems Theory – EUROCAST 2019 - 17th International Conference, Revised Selected Papers: 17th International Conference, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, February 17–22, 2019, Revised Selected Papers, Part I. vol. 1, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 12013 LNCS, Springer International Publishing AG, Cham, pp. 116–122, 17th International Conference on Computer Aided Systems Theory - 2019, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, 17.02.19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45093-9_15

APA

Müggenburg, J. (2020). Heinz von Foerster and Early Research in the Field of Pattern Recognition at the Biological Computer Laboratory. In R. Moreno-Díaz, F. Pichler, & A. Quesada-Arencibia (Eds.), Computer Aided Systems Theory – EUROCAST 2019 - 17th International Conference, Revised Selected Papers: 17th International Conference, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, February 17–22, 2019, Revised Selected Papers, Part I (Vol. 1, pp. 116–122). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 12013 LNCS). Springer International Publishing AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45093-9_15

Vancouver

Müggenburg J. Heinz von Foerster and Early Research in the Field of Pattern Recognition at the Biological Computer Laboratory. In Moreno-Díaz R, Pichler F, Quesada-Arencibia A, editors, Computer Aided Systems Theory – EUROCAST 2019 - 17th International Conference, Revised Selected Papers: 17th International Conference, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, February 17–22, 2019, Revised Selected Papers, Part I. Vol. 1. Cham: Springer International Publishing AG. 2020. p. 116–122. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-45093-9_15

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