Ideal Free Distribution in Agents with Evolved Neural Architectures
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چکیده
We investigate the matching of agents to resources in a computational ecology configured to present heterogeneous resource patches to evolving, neurally controlled agents. We repeatedly find a nearly optimal, ideal free distribution (IFD) of agents to resources. Deviations from IFD are shown to be consistent with models of human foraging behaviors, and possibly driven by spatial constraints and maximum foraging rates. The lack of any model parameters addressing agent foraging or clustering behaviors and the biological verisimilitude of our agent control systems differentiates these results from simpler models and suggests the possibility of exploring the underlying mechanisms by which optimal foraging emerges.
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