Session:

Hybrid System Applications
Sunday, February 29, 2004, 11.00 – 11.20

Session Chair:

Fikret Gürgen

Paper Title:

Modeling Natural Motivations into Hybrid Artificial Agents

Author(s):

Dr. F. Andriamasinoro, IREMIA, University of La Reunion, France

Abstract:

Beforehand, the concept of natural motivations (i.e.motivations related to the satisfaction of natural needs) has been generally integrated into reactive agents, and particularly to animats. In this paper, we present and discuss a generic model which introduces such notions into hybrid agents. The basis of our model is the Abraham Maslow’s pyramid of needs.

Keywords: artificial agent, natural motivations, hybridism, behavior