BehaviorSim: A learning environment for behavior-based agent

Abstract

Behavior-based control is one of the fundamental control paradigms for autonomous agents to achieve adaptive behavior in a dynamical environment. Existing work has mainly focused on the research aspect rather than on the learning and educational aspect. This paper presents an effort to develop a learning environment for behavior-based agents. It allows educators and students to develop and exercise behavior-based control by setting up entities, behaviors, and behavior networks without involving significant programming effort. Specification of behavior-based agent system is presented and demonstrative examples are provided. © 2008 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.