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Model of good (and bad) behaviour

Computer-generated organisms roam or stay home depending, Jessa Netting discovers, on whether they are naughty or nice.

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Netting, J. Model of good (and bad) behaviour. Nature (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/news001026-2

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