A logical calculus of the ideas immanent in nervous activity

Warren S. McCulloch, Walter Pitts

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DOI: 10.1007/bf02478259
Published: 1943-12
Container: The Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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@article{allodium:10.1007/bf02478259,
  title = {A logical calculus of the ideas immanent in nervous activity},
  author = {Warren S. McCulloch and Walter Pitts},
  year = {1943},
  journal = {The Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics},
  doi = {10.1007/bf02478259},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02478259}
}

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TI  - A logical calculus of the ideas immanent in nervous activity
AU  - Warren S. McCulloch
AU  - Walter Pitts
PY  - 1943
JO  - The Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics
DO  - 10.1007/bf02478259
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APA

McCulloch, W. S., & Pitts, W. (1943). A logical calculus of the ideas immanent in nervous activity. The Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02478259

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