Randall Beer
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'''Randall D. Beer''' is a professor of [[cognitive science]], [[computer science]], and [[informatics]] at [[Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana University]]. He was previously at [[Case Western Reserve University]]. His primary [[research]] interest is in understanding how coordinated [[behavior]] arises from the [[neurodynamics]] of an animal's nervous system, its body and its environment. He works on the [[evolution]] and analysis of dynamical "nervous systems" for [[model agent]]s, [[neuromechanics|neuromechanical]] modeling of animals, [[biomorphic robotics]], and [[dynamical systems]] approaches to behavior and [[cognition]]. More generally, he is interested in [[computational biology|computational]] and [[theoretical biology]], including models of [[metabolism]], [[gene regulation]] and development. He also has a longstanding interest in the design and implementation of [[dynamic programming language]]s and their environments.
==Books==
*''Biological neural networks in invertebrate neuroethology and robotics'' / edited by Randall D. Beer, Roy E. Ritzmann, Thomas McKenna. Boston : Academic Press, c1993. xi, 417 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN 0-12-084728-0 (acid-free paper)
*Beer, Randall D. ''Intelligence as adaptive behavior : an experiment in computational neuroethology'' / Randall D. Beer. Boston : Academic Press, c1990. xxiii, 213 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN 0-12-084730-2 (alk. paper)
==External links==
*[http://mypage.iu.edu/~rdbeer/ Beer's page at Indiana University]
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