From Animals to Animats 3: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Simulation of Adpative Behavior (Complex Adaptive Systems)

Bys: Cliff, David, Husbands, Phil, Meyer, Jean-Arcady

August 8-12, 1994, Brighton, England From Animals to Animats 3 brings together research intended to advance the fron tier of an exciting new approach to understanding intelligence. The contributors represent a broad range of interests from artificial intelligence and robotics to ethology and the neurosciences. Unifying these approaches is the notion of "animat" -- an artificial animal, either simulated by a computer or embodied in a robot, which must survive and adapt in progressively more challenging environments. The 58 contributions focus particularly on well-defined models, computer simulations, and built robots in order to help characterize and compare various principles and architectures capable of inducing adaptive behavior in real or artificial animals. Topics include: - Individual and collective behavior. - Neural correlates of behavior. - Perception and motor control. - Motivation and emotion. - Action selection and behavioral sequences. - Ontogeny, learning, and evolution. - Internal world models and cognitive processes. - Applied adaptive behavior. - Autonomous robots. - Heirarchical and parallel organizations. - Emergent structures and behaviors. - Problem solving and planning. - Goal-directed behavior. - Neural networks and evolutionary computation. - Characterization of environments. A Bradford Book

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262531224
• ISBN13: 9780262531221
• Release Date: July 1994
• Publisher: Bradford Book
• Length: 519 Pages
• Weight: 3.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher