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Monostable controllers for adaptive behavior

Monostable controllers for adaptive behavior
Monostable controllers for adaptive behavior
Recent artificial neural networks for machine learning have exploited transient dynamics around globally stable attractors, inspired by the properties of cortical microcolumns. Here we explore whether similarly constrained neural network controllers can be exploited for embodied, situated adaptive behaviour. We demonstrate that it is possible to evolve globally stable neurocontrollers containing a single basin of attraction, which nevertheless sustain multiple modes of behaviour. This is achieved by exploiting interaction between environmental input and transient dynamics. We present results that suggest that this globally stable regime may constitute an evolvable and dynamically rich subset of recurrent neural network configurations, especially in larger networks. We discuss the issue of scalability and the possibility that there may be alternative adaptive behaviour tasks that are more ‘attractor hungry’.
Global stability, echo state networks, evolvability
103-112
Springer
Buckley, C. L.
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Fine, Peter
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Bullock, Seth
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Di Paolo, Ezequiel
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Asada, M.
Hallam, J. C. T.
Meyer, J.-A.
Tani, J.
Buckley, C. L.
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Fine, Peter
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Bullock, Seth
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Di Paolo, Ezequiel
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Asada, M.
Hallam, J. C. T.
Meyer, J.-A.
Tani, J.

Buckley, C. L., Fine, Peter, Bullock, Seth and Di Paolo, Ezequiel (2008) Monostable controllers for adaptive behavior. Asada, M., Hallam, J. C. T., Meyer, J.-A. and Tani, J. (eds.) In From Animals to Animats 10: Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior. Springer. pp. 103-112 .

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Recent artificial neural networks for machine learning have exploited transient dynamics around globally stable attractors, inspired by the properties of cortical microcolumns. Here we explore whether similarly constrained neural network controllers can be exploited for embodied, situated adaptive behaviour. We demonstrate that it is possible to evolve globally stable neurocontrollers containing a single basin of attraction, which nevertheless sustain multiple modes of behaviour. This is achieved by exploiting interaction between environmental input and transient dynamics. We present results that suggest that this globally stable regime may constitute an evolvable and dynamically rich subset of recurrent neural network configurations, especially in larger networks. We discuss the issue of scalability and the possibility that there may be alternative adaptive behaviour tasks that are more ‘attractor hungry’.

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Published date: 2008
Keywords: Global stability, echo state networks, evolvability
Organisations: Agents, Interactions & Complexity

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Local EPrints ID: 266775
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/266775
PURE UUID: 857d805f-06a0-4284-a475-421f05e36f51

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Date deposited: 12 Oct 2008 13:55
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 08:35

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Author: C. L. Buckley
Author: Peter Fine
Author: Seth Bullock
Author: Ezequiel Di Paolo
Editor: M. Asada
Editor: J. C. T. Hallam
Editor: J.-A. Meyer
Editor: J. Tani

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