TY - GEN
T1 - Exploring empowerment as a basis for quantifying sustainability
AU - Kim, J.T.
AU - Polani, D.
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PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Empowerment quantifies the choice available to an agent as the actuation channel capacity. However, not all such choices are sustainable: After some choices, the agent may not be able to return to its original state, or returning there may be costly. In this paper we explore whether empowerment can be adapted to obtain a measure of sustainability. As a straightforward modification, the agent's options is restricted to actions that are reversible within a given time horizon. We furthermore investigate the lengths of return paths and discuss their potential to indicate sustainability.
AB - Empowerment quantifies the choice available to an agent as the actuation channel capacity. However, not all such choices are sustainable: After some choices, the agent may not be able to return to its original state, or returning there may be costly. In this paper we explore whether empowerment can be adapted to obtain a measure of sustainability. As a straightforward modification, the agent's options is restricted to actions that are reversible within a given time horizon. We furthermore investigate the lengths of return paths and discuss their potential to indicate sustainability.
U2 - 10.1109/ALIFE.2009.4937690
DO - 10.1109/ALIFE.2009.4937690
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 978-1-4244-2763-5
SP - 21
EP - 28
BT - Procs IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
T2 - IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life 2009
Y2 - 3 March 2009 through 2 April 2009
ER -