Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
Theoretical Studies related to EUREKA
StingStat
T. M. Cover and J. A. Thomas. Elements of Information Theory (Second Edition) , Wiley-Interscience, 2006
C. Chatfield and R. E. Lemon. Analysing sequences of behavioral events, Journal of Theoretical Bilogy 29, pp.427-445, 1970
C. E. Shannon. Prediction and Entropy of Printed English. Bell System Technical Journal 3, pp.50–64, 1950
C. E. Shannon. A Mathematical Theory of Communication. Bell System Technical Journal 27, pp.379–423, 623–656, 1948
ModelRep-P
F. Jelinek. Statistical Methods for Speech Recognition (Language, Speech, and Communication), The MIT Press, 1998
F. Jelinek. Self-organized language modeling for speech recognition, pp.450–506. Morgan Kaufmann,1990
ModelRep-D
*Y.Kakishita, *K.Sasahara, T.Nishino, M.Takahasi, and K.Okanoya (*equal contribution),
"Ethological Data Mining: An Automata-based Approach to Extract Behavioral Units and Rules," Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, vol. 18, pp.446-471, 2009
Y.Kakishita, K.Sasahara, T.Nishino, M.Takahasi, and K.Okanoya, "Pattern Extraction Improves Automata-based Syntax Analysis in Songbirds", Australian Conference on Artificial Life 2007 (ACAL2007), Progress in Artificial Life, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 4828, pp.321–333, Springer, 2007
K.Sasahara, Y.Kakishita, T.Nishino, M.Takahasi, and K.Okanoya, “A Reversible Automata Approach to Modeling Birdsongs”, Proceedings of 15th International Conference on Computing (CIC2006), pp.80-85, IEEE Computer Society Press, 2006
R. C. Berwick and S. F. Pilato. Learning Syntax by Automata Induction, Machine Learning 2, pp.9–38, 1987
D. Angluin. Inference of Reversible Languages. Journal of the Association for Computing Machinery 29, pp.741–765, 1982
Behavioral Studies (in the lab., field, and computer) --- under construction
Bird Song
K. Sasahara, M. L. Cody, D. Cohen, and C. E. Taylor, Structural Design Principles of Complex Bird Songs: A Network-Based Approach, PLoS ONE 7(9): e44436, 2012
F. Olga, W. Habin, S. Sigal, P P. Mitra, and O. Tchernichovski. De novo establishment of wild-type song culture in the zebra finch, Nature, 2009
E. C. Tumer and M. S. Brainard. Performance variability enables adaptive plasticity of 'crystallized' adult birdsong, Nature 450, pp.1240-1244, 2007
K. Sasahara and T. Ikegami. Evolution of Birdsong Syntax by Interjection Communication, Artificial Life 13, pp. 259-277, 2007
T. Q. Gentner, K. M. Fenn, D. Margoliash, and H. C. Nusbaum. Recursive syntactic pattern learning by songbirds, Nature 440, pp.1204-1207, 2006
K. Okanoya. Song Syntax in Bengalese Finches: Proximate and Ultimate Analyses. Advances in the Study of Behavior 34, pp.297–346, 2004
M. S. Brainard and A. J. Doupe. What songbirds teach us about learning, Nature 417, pp.351-358, 2002
O. Tchernichovski, P. P. Mitra, T. Lints, and F. Nottebohm. Dynamics of the Vocal Imitation Process: How a Zebra Finch Learns Its Song, Science 291, 2001
O. Tchernichovski, F. Nottebohm, F. Ho, C. E. Bijan, P. P. Mitra. A procedure for an automated measurement of song similarity, Animal Behaviour 59, pp.1167-1176, 2000
J. Böhner. and D. Todt. Influence of auditory stimulation on the development of syntactical and temporal features in European Starling song.The Auk 113, pp. 450–456, 1996
H. Hultsch and D. Todt. Memorization and reproduction of songs in nightingales (Luscinia megarhynchos): evidence for package formation. Journal of Comparative Physiology A165, pp.197-203, 1983
Whale Song
R. Suzuki, J.R. Buck and P.L.Tyack. Information entropy of humpback whale songs. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 119, pp.1849-1866, 2006
E. Mercado, L. M. Herman and A.A. Pack. Song copying by humpback whales: themes and variations. Animal Cognition 8, pp.93-102, 2005
M.J. Noad, D.H. Cato, M.M. Bryden, M.N. Jenner and K.C.S.Jenner. Cultural revolution in whale songs. Nature 408, pp.537, 2000
S. Cerchio, K.J. Jacobsen and F.T. Norris. Temporal and geographical variation in songs of humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae: synchronous change in Hawaiian and Mexican breeding assemblages. Animal Behaviour 62, pp.313-329, 2001
P. Frumhoff. Aberrant songs of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae): clues to the structure of humpback whale songs. In Communication and behavior of whales. Edited by Payne R. Westview, Boulder. pp.81-127, 1983
S. R. Payne and S. McVay. Songs of Humpback Whales. Science 173, pp.585-597, 1971
Mouse Song
T. E. Holy, Z. Guo, Ultrasonic Songs of Male Mice. PLoS Biology 3(12): e386, 2005
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