Keep Your Options Open: An Information-Based Driving Principle for Sensorimotor Systems |
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Authors: | Alexander S. Klyubin Daniel Polani Chrystopher L. Nehaniv |
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Affiliation: | 1. Adaptive Systems Research Group, School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.; 2. Algorithms Research Group, School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.;Indiana University, United States of America |
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Abstract: | The central resource processed by the sensorimotor system of an organism is information. We propose an information-based quantity that allows one to characterize the efficiency of the perception-action loop of an abstract organism model. It measures the potential of the organism to imprint information on the environment via its actuators in a way that can be recaptured by its sensors, essentially quantifying the options available and visible to the organism. Various scenarios suggest that such a quantity could identify the preferred direction of evolution or adaptation of the sensorimotor loop of organisms. |
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