| From Animals to Animats 4: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior Contributor(s): Maes, Pattie (Editor), Mataric, Maja J. (Editor), Meyer, Jean-Arcady (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0262631784 ISBN-13: 9780262631785 Publisher: Bradford Book OUR PRICE: $95.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 1996 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: "September 9th-13th, 1996, Cape Cod, Massachusetts" "From Animals to Animats 4" brings together the latest research at the frontier 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 66 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. Major topics, all from the perspective of adaptive behavior, include: The Animat Approach to Adaptive Behavior, Perception and Motor Control, Action Selection and Behavioral Sequences, Internal World Models and Navigation, Motivation and Emotions, Learning, Evolution, Coevolution, Collective Behavior. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Zoology - General - Computers | Intelligence (ai) & Semantics - Computers | Computer Science |
| Dewey: 591.5 |
| LCCN: 96213435 |
| Series: Complex Adaptive Systems |
| Physical Information: 1.73" H x 8.56" W x 10.95" (3.42 lbs) 600 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From Animals to Animats 4 brings together the latest research at the frontier of an exciting new approach to understanding intelligence. The Animals to Animats Conference brings together researchers from ethology, psychology, ecology, artificial intelligence, artificial life, robotics, engineering, and related fields to further understanding of the behaviors and underlying mechanisms that allow natural and synthetic agents (animats) to adapt and survive in uncertain environments. The work presented focuses on well-defined models--robotic, computer-simulation, and mathematical--that help to characterize and compare various organizational principles or architectures underlying adaptive behavior in both natural animals and animats. |
Contributor Bio(s): Maes, Pattie: - Pattie Maes is an associate professor in MIT's Program in Media Arts and Sciences.Maes, Pattie: - Pattie Maes is an associate professor in MIT's Program in Media Arts and Sciences.Mataric, Maja J.: - Maja J. Mataric is Professor of Computer Science and Neuroscience and Director of the Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems at the University of Southern California, where she is also Codirector of the Robotics Research Lab and Senior Associate Dean for research in the Viterbi School of Engineering.Meyer, Jean-Arcady: - Jean-Arcady Meyer is Emeritus Research Director at CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) and a researcher at the Institute of Intelligent Systems and Robotics, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris.Pollack, Jordan: - Jordan Pollack is Associate Professor and Director of the Dynamical and Evolutionary Machine Organization Group in the School of Computer Science at Brandeis University.Wilson, Stewart W.: - Stewart W. Wilson is a scientist at The Rowland Institute for Science, Cambridge, Massachusetts. |