Title
Constructing observational learning agents using self-organizing maps
Abstract
Observational learning is a form of social learning whose theory proposes that new behaviors can be acquired through observing and imitating others. We employed Kohonen self-organizing maps to create observational learning agents to model the real-world process of observational learning. Real-world observational learning is a process that occurs through constantly changing nature and imperfect observation. In this study, we use observational learning agents to conduct a multiagent simulation of a cleanup problem comprising the chained tasks of picking up trash and subsequently discarding it. The results indicate that the constructed observational learning agents produce new emergent behaviors under changing, imperfect observation. Furthermore, the agents demonstrated the best performance when observing others to a moderate degree.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1007/s10015-019-00574-6
Artificial Life and Robotics
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Computational modeling, Emulation, Multiagent systems, Self-organizing maps, Social learning
Journal
25
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
1
1433-5298
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Nobuhito Manome101.35
Shuji Shinohara253.91
Kouta Suzuki301.01
Yu Chen422.05
shunji mitsuyoshi513.14