Some adaptive advantages of the ability to make predictions
Daniele Caligiore, Massimo Tria and Domenico Parisi
Simulation of Adaptive Behavior 2006 (SAB 2006)
Rome, Italy, 25-29 September 2006
Summary
We describe some simple simulations showing two possible adaptive advantages of the ability to predict the consequences of one’s actions: predicted inputs can replace missing inputs and predicted success vs. failure can help de-ciding whether to actually executing a planned action or not. The neural net-works controlling the organisms’ behaviour include distinct modules whose connection weights are all genetically inherited and evolved using a genetic al-gorithm except those of the predictive module which are learned during life.