An insect inspired object tracking mechanism for autonomous vehicles

Zahra Bagheri, Benjamin S. Cazzolato, Stevend D. Wiederman, Steven Grainger, and David C. O'Carrol

An insect inspired object tracking mechanism for autonomous vehicles

Zahra Bagheri, Benjamin S. Cazzolato, Stevend D. Wiederman, Steven Grainger, and David C. O'Carrol

Sparse spike trains and the limitation of rate codes underlying rapid behaviours.

Animals live in dynamic worlds where they use sensorimotor circuits to rapidly process information and drive behaviours. For example, dragonflies are aerial predators that react to movements of prey within tens of milliseconds. These pursuits are likely controlled by identified neurons in the dragonfly, which have well-characterized physiological responses to moving targets. Predominantly, neural activity in these circuits is interpreted in context of a rate code, where information is conveyed by changes in the number of spikes over a time period. However, such a description of neuronal activity is difficult to achieve in real-world, real-time scenarios. Here, we contrast a neuroscientists' post-hoc view of spiking activity with the information available to the animal in real-time. We describe how performance of a rate code is readily overestimated and outline a rate code's significant limitations in driving rapid behaviours.Joseph M. Fabian, David C. O, Carrol, and Steven D. Wiederma

Measuring the value of environmental assets A comparison of the revealed valuation technique with conventional approaches

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A guide to the Human Rights Act 1998 for housing professionals

Originally published July 2000 by: The Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland. Includes bibliographical referencesAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre- DSC:m03/19493 / BLDSC - British Library Document Supply CentreSIGLEGBUnited Kingdo

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