CS 420/594 — Biologically Inspired Computation
NetLogo Simulation

Task Assignment


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WHAT IS IT?

This model demonstrates the use of a Hopfield network to perform the Task Assignment Problem. See Flake (1998, ch. 18). Unfortunately, no further documentation is available at this time.

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HOW IT WORKS

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HOW TO USE IT

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THINGS TO NOTICE

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THINGS TO TRY

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EXTENDING THE MODEL

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NETLOGO FEATURES

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RELATED MODELS

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CREDITS AND REFERENCES

This model is a reimplementation of the Task Assignment Hopfield Network in Flake, G. (1998), The Computational Beauty of Nature.  Implemented by B. J. MacLennan, Sept. 30, 2008.

To refer to this model in academic publications, please use: MacLennan, B.J. (2008). NetLogo TaskAssignment model. http://www.cs.utk.edu/~mclennan. Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville.

In other publications, please use: Copyright 2008 Bruce MacLennan. All rights reserved. See http://www.cs.utk.edu/~mclennan/420/NetLogo/TaskAssignment.html for terms of use.



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