An Algorithm for Bootstrapping Communications

I present an algorithm which allows two agents to generate a simple language based only on observations of a shared environment. Vocabulary and roles for the language are learned in linear time. Communication is robust and degrades gradually as complexity increases. Dissimilar modes of experience wi...

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Main Author: Beal, Jacob
Language:en_US
Published: 2004
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/6082
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Summary:I present an algorithm which allows two agents to generate a simple language based only on observations of a shared environment. Vocabulary and roles for the language are learned in linear time. Communication is robust and degrades gradually as complexity increases. Dissimilar modes of experience will lead to a shared kernel vocabulary.