Goal-Seeking Behavior in a Connectionist Model

  • Authors:
  • Thomas E. Portegys

  • Affiliations:
  • Lucent Technologies, 2000 North Naperville Road, P.O. Box 3033, Naperville, IL 60566, U.S.A.

  • Venue:
  • Artificial Intelligence Review
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

Goal-seeking behavior in a connectionist modelis demonstrated using the examples of foragingby a simulated ant and cooperativenest-building by a pair of simulated birds. Themodel, a control neural network, translatesneeds into responses. The purpose of this workis to produce lifelike behavior with agoal-seeking artificial neural network. Theforaging ant example illustrates theintermediation of neurons to guide the ant to agoal in a semi-predictable environment. In thenest-building example, both birds, executinggender-specific networks, exhibit socialnesting and feeding behavior directed towardmultiple goals.