The Gridbrain: an Heterogeneous Network for Open Evolution in 3D Environments

Author

Menezes, Telmo ; Costa, Ernesto

Author_Institution

Centre for Informatics & Syst., Coimbra Univ.

fYear

2007

fDate

1-5 April 2007

Firstpage

155

Lastpage

162

Abstract

A reasoning system for autonomous agents under open evolution is presented. The system´s design goal is to bridge the gap between artificial life concepts and popular computer simulation systems, namely 3D graphics engines and Newtonian physics simulation engines, with possible applications to complex systems research and digital entertainment. The theoretical model of a dual layered heterogeneous network of components is proposed as a solution for reasoning in environments where agents´ perceptions are provided as arbitrarily sized vectors of symbols. A set of network components aimed at spatial reasoning is presented. Algorithms designed to maintain open evolution under real-time computational constraints are proposed. Experimental results are presented and analyzed

Keywords

artificial life; computer graphics; physics computing; software agents; spatial reasoning; 3D environment; 3D graphics; Gridbrain; Newtonian physics simulation engine; artificial life; autonomous agents; computer simulation system; heterogeneous network; open evolution; real-time computational constraints; reasoning system; spatial reasoning; system design; Actuators; Algorithm design and analysis; Application software; Autonomous agents; Biological system modeling; Bridges; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Engines; Physics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Artificial Life, 2007. ALIFE '07. IEEE Symposium on

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0701-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ALIFE.2007.367791

Filename

4218881