Neural Networks & Animal Behavior

One of my research interests is the theory of behavior. Magnus Enquist and myself have summarized what we know about modeling behavior with neural networks in a book published in 2005.

Publisher's book page, with editorial reviews and PDF of first chapter

Reviews:

• International Society for Behavioral Ecology Newsletter 19:15-16 (2007), by A Brodin, Theoretical Ecology, Lund University
• Quarterly Review of Biology 81:205-206 (2006), by F Delcomyn, Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana (best!)
• Trends in Cognitive Science 10:196-197 (2006), by Sir P Bateson, FRS, Sub-Department of Animal Behaviour, University of Cambridge, UK (worst!)
• Animal Behaviour 71:740 (2005), by R Peters, Centre for Visual Sciences, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra
• Ethology 112:307-308 (2006), by H de Vries, Department of Behavioural Biology, Utrecht University

Included in the Everything you need to know about animal behavior reading list by WJE Hoppitt, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, UK