Modulatory Influence of Motivations on a Schema-Based Architecture: A Simulative Study

  • Authors:
  • Giovanni Pezzulo;Gianguglielmo Calvi

  • Affiliations:
  • ISTC-CNR, Via S. Martino della Battaglia, 44 - 00185 Rome, Italy;ISTC-CNR, Via S. Martino della Battaglia, 44 - 00185 Rome, Italy

  • Venue:
  • ACII '07 Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

We analyze the role of motivations in living organisms, and the nature of their influences on behavior with the aim to propose a design methodology for schema-based agent architectures. We propose that motivations have a modulatory influence on behavior, and in our design methodology they regulate the allocation of resources to the sensorimotor system and schemas. We describe an agent architecture incorporating this principle and we highlight its performance in a simulative study.