<p>Lecture, four hours; outside study, eight hours. Requisite: course 130 or 131 or 161. Animats are mobile/sensing animal-like software agents embedded in simulated dynamic environments. Emphasis on modeling: goal-oriented behavior via neurocontrollers, adaptation via reinforcement learning, evolutionary programming. Animat-based tasks include foraging, mate finding, predation, navigation, predator avoidance, cooperative nest construction, communication, and parenting. Letter grading.</p>

Computer Science

Known as the birthplace of the Internet and where countless other cutting-edge technologies took their first steps, the school is consistently ranked among the top 10 public engineering schools in the U.S.

Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science

Computer science is concerned with the design, modeling, analysis, and applications of computer systems.

General Catalog

Animats-Based Modeling

COMSCI263C

4 units