Statistical physics and the optimization of autonomous behaviour in complex virtual worlds

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Authors Robert W. Penney

Publication date 26 August 1999

zbMATH Keywords

autonomous agentsflexible intelligent decision-makinggradient methodsoptimization theorysimulated annealingstatistical physics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Thermodynamics and heat transfer (80A99) Methods of reduced gradient type (90C52) Decision theory (91B06) Stochastic learning and adaptive control (93E35)

Review text

The paper discusses how flexible intelligent decision-making can be formulated as a complex optimization problem. The formulation utilizes paradigms having their origin in statistical physics. Simulated annealing represents one such technique. As an example application, a simple battlefield simulation is presented. The general conclusion of the paper is, however, that the mathematical description of decision-making adopted in the paper makes it clear that adaptable intelligence in realistic domains is generally an enormously complex high-dimensional problem that can not be solved cheaply. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0892.00024].

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