• DocumentCode
    2988067
  • Title

    Simulation of animal behavior using neural networks

  • Author

    Sebastian Echegaray, S. S. ; Luo, Wenbin

  • Author_Institution
    Engineering Department, St. Mary´s University, One Camino Santa Maria, San Antonio, TX 78228-8534, USA
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    7-9 April 2006
  • Firstpage
    99
  • Lastpage
    102
  • Abstract
    In this paper, we simulated some basic animal behavior by letting it “evolve” through generations. The animals, which are able to survive, will be given the privilege to breed the new generation and pass the good genes to the next generation. Our simulation environment consisted of a Prey-Predator-Food model. The prey and predators created in our simulation are objects that have sensors to make them aware of their environment, and they are able to move freely around the world. The food sources are stationary objects placed randomly throughout the world, which serve as targets for prey to search for and eat.
  • Keywords
    Animal behavior; Biological neural networks; Biological system modeling; Brain modeling; Evolution (biology); Genetic algorithms; Genetic mutations; Neural networks; Neurons; Pattern recognition;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Region 5 Conference, 2006 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Antonio, TX, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0358-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0359-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPSD.2006.5507449
  • Filename
    5507449