{"pk":31432,"title":"Defining the Action Selection Problem","subtitle":null,"abstract":"There has been a lack of progress in the field of action selection due to an incomplete understanding of the problem being faced. The differing nature of constituent parts of the action selection/'timeallocation* problem has not been properly appreciated. Some common sub-problems, such as obtaining food and avoiding predators, are described in terms of the demands they make on an animal's time. The significant differences between these sub>- problems are highlighted and a classificatory scheme is proposed, with which sub-problems can be categorized. The need to take into account the full range of different sul)-problems is demonstrated with a few examples. A particular shortcoming shared by all of the more well-known action selection mechanisms, from both robotics and animal behaviour, is described.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[],"section":"Posters","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8xv670r5","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Toby","middle_name":"","last_name":"Tyrrell","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Edinburgh","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"1992-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/31432/galley/22501/download/"}]}