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Model of Evolutionary Emergence of Purposeful Adaptive Behavior. The Role of Motivation

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Advances in Artificial Life (ECAL 2001)

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The process of evolutionary emergence of purposeful adaptive behavior is investigated by means of computer simulations. The model proposed implies that there is an evolving population of simple agents, which have two natural needs: energy and reproduction. Any need is characterized quantitatively by a corresponding motivation. Motivations determine goal-directed behavior of agents. The model demonstrates that purposeful behavior does emerge in the simulated evolutionary processes. Emergence of purposefulness is accompanied by origin of a simple hierarchy in the control system of agents.

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  1. Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, 4 Miusskaya sq., Moscow, RU-125047, Russia

    Mikhail S. Burtsev, Vladimir G. Red’ko & Roman V. Gusarev

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Burtsev, M.S., Red’ko, V.G., Gusarev, R.V. (2001). Model of Evolutionary Emergence of Purposeful Adaptive Behavior. The Role of Motivation. In: Kelemen, J., Sosík, P. (eds) Advances in Artificial Life. ECAL 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2159. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44811-X_44

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