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On Quantitative Performance Measures of Robot Behaviour

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The Biology and Technology of Intelligent Autonomous Agents

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((NATO ASI F,volume 144))

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This paper presents the background to and some initial results of an attempt to develop the basis for quantitative performance measures of robot behaviour. First, an example of a simple robot behaviour is used to motivate the need for a dynamical systems approach to the understanding and investigation of robot behaviour. The background and initial theoretical developments necessary for defining some appropriate quantitative measures is then presented. Finally, an example of the application of one of the techniques proposed is presented, together with a discussion of the practical difficulties involved and the future prospects of the presented approach.

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  1. Informatika Fakultatea, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, 649 Postakutxa, 20080, Donostia, Spain

    Tim Smithers

  2. Facultad de Informática, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Apartado 649, 20080, San Sebastián, Spain

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  1. Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, University of Brussels (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Pleinlaan 2, B-1050, Brussels, Belgium

    Luc Steels

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Smithers, T. (1995). On Quantitative Performance Measures of Robot Behaviour. In: Steels, L. (eds) The Biology and Technology of Intelligent Autonomous Agents. NATO ASI Series, vol 144. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79629-6_2

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