New Autonomous Systems.

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Title -- Copyright -- Introduction -- List of Algorithms -- 1 Systems and their Design -- 1.1. Modeling systems -- 1.2. Autonomous systems -- 1.3. Agents and multi-agent systems -- 1.4. Systems and organisms -- 1.5. The issue of modeling an autonomous system -- 2 The Global Architecture of an Autonomous System -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Reactivity of a system -- 2.3. The basic structure of an autonomous system: the substratum -- 2.4. The membrane of autonomous systems -- 2.5. Two types of proactivity and the notion of artificial organ -- 2.6. Autonomy and current representation -- 2.7. The unifying system that generates representations -- 3 Designing a Multi-agent Autonomous System -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. The object layer on the substratum -- 3.3. The agent representation of the substratum: interface agents, organs and the notion of sensitivity -- 3.4. The interpretation system and the conception agents -- 3.5. Aggregates of conception agents -- 3.6. The intent and the activity of conception agents -- 3.7. Agentifying conception agents -- 3.8. Activity of a conception agent -- 3.9. The three layers of conceptual agentification and the role of control -- 3.10. Semantic lattices and the emergence of representations in the interpretation system -- 3.11. The general architecture of the interpretation system -- 3.12. Agentification of knowledge and organizational memory -- 3.13. Setting up the membrane network of an autonomous system -- 3.14. Behavioral learning of the autonomous system -- 4 Generation of Current Representation and Tendencies -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Generation of current representation and semantic lattices -- 4.3. The cause leading the system to choose a concrete intent -- 4.4. Presentation of artificial tendencies.

4.5. Algorithm for the generation of a stream of representations under tendencies -- 5 The Notions of Point of View, Intent and Organizational Memory -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. The notion of point of view in the generation of representations -- 5.3. Three organizational principles of the interpretation system for leading the intent -- 5.4. Algorithms for intent decisions -- 5.6. Organizational memory and the representation of artificial life experiences -- 5.7. Effective autonomy and the role of the modulation component -- 5.8. Degree of organizational freedom -- 6 Towards the Minimal Self of an Autonomous System -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. The need for tendencies when leading the system -- 6.3. Needs and desires of the autonomous system -- 6.4. A scaled-down autonomous system: the artificial proto-self -- 6.5. The internal choice of expressed tendencies and the minimal self -- 6.6. The incentive to produce representations -- 6.7. Minimal self affectivity: emotions and sensations -- 6.8. Algorithms for tendency activation -- 6.9. The feeling of generating representations -- 7 Global Autonomy of Distributed Autonomous Systems -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Enhancement of an autonomous system by itself -- 7.3. Communication among autonomous systems in view of their union -- 7.4. The autonomous meta-system composed of autonomous systems -- 7.5. The system generating autonomous systems: the meta-level of artificial living -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- End User License Agreement.

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