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%A Murat Yildizoglu %O JEL Classification : L1, D92, D4, C63 %T Connecting adaptive behaviour and expectations in models of innovation: The Potential Role of Artificial Neural Networks %X In this methodological work I explore the possibility of explicitly modelling expectations conditioning the R&D decisions of firms. In order to isolate this problem from the controversies of cognitive science, I propose a black box strategy through the concept of ?internal model?. The last part of the article uses artificial neural networks to model the expectations of firms in a model of industry dynamics based on Nelson & Winter (1982). %D 2001 %K Bounded rationality, Learning, Genetic Algorithms, Artificial Neural Networks, Industrial Dynamics, Innovation %I E3i, IFReDE,GRES %L cogprints3865