Formalisation and Analysis of the Temporal Dynamics of Conditioning

In order to create adaptive Agent Systems with abilities matching those of their biological counterparts, a natural approach is to incorporate classical conditioning mechanisms into such systems. However, existing models for classical conditioning are usually based on differential equations. Since the design of Agent Systems is traditionally based on qualitative conceptual languages, these differential equations are often not directly appropriate to serve as an input for Agent System design. To deal with this problem, this paper explores a formal description and analysis of a conditioning process based on logical specification and analysis methods of dynamic properties of conditioning. Specific types of dynamic properties are global properties, describing properties of the process as a whole, or local properties, describing properties of basic steps in a conditioning process. If the latter type of properties are specified in an executable format, they provide a temporal declarative spe...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: AOSE
• Authors: Tibor Bosse, Catholijn M. Jonker, Sander A. Los, Leendert W. N. van der Torre, Jan Treur
• Keywords: Agent System, AOSE 2005, Classical Conditioning, Dynamic Properties