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Approximation Of Empowerment In The Continuous Domain

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  • CHRISTOPH SALGE

    (Adaptive Systems Research Group, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield, AL10 9AB, UK)

  • CORNELIUS GLACKIN

    (Adaptive Systems Research Group, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield, AL10 9AB, UK)

  • DANIEL POLANI

    (Adaptive Systems Research Group, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield, AL10 9AB, UK)

Abstract

Theempowermentformalism offers a goal-independent utility function fully derived from an agent's embodiment. It produces intrinsic motivations which can be used to generate self-organizing behaviors in agents. One obstacle to the application of empowerment in more demanding (esp. continuous) domains is that previous ways of calculating empowerment have been very time consuming and only provided a proof-of-concept. In this paper we present a new approach to efficiently approximate empowerment as a parallel, linear, Gaussian channel capacity problem. We use pendulum balancing to demonstrate this new method, and compare it to earlier approximation methods.

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  • Christoph Salge & Cornelius Glackin & Daniel Polani, 2013. "Approximation Of Empowerment In The Continuous Domain," Advances in Complex Systems (ACS), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 16(02n03), pages 1-29.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:acsxxx:v:16:y:2013:i:02n03:n:s0219525912500798
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219525912500798
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