Finding minimal action sequences with a simple evaluation of actions

Animals are able to discover the minimal number of actions that achieves an outcome (the minimal action sequence). In most accounts of this, actions are associated with a measure of behavior that is higher for actions that lead to the outcome with a shorter action sequence, and learning mechanisms f...

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Main Authors: Ashvin eShah, Kevin N. Gurney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncom.2014.00151/full