Multiple Objective vs. Fuzzy Behavior Coordination
Paolo Pirjanian, Maja J. Matarić · Studies in fuzziness and soft computing · 2001
In the behavior-based paradigm [4,16], the control of a robot is shared between a set of purposive processes, called behaviors. Based on selective sensory in-formation, each behavior produces/proposes reactions to control the robot with respect to a particular objective, i.e., a narrow aspect of the robot’s overall task. Behaviors with different and possibly incommensurable objec-tives may produce conflicting actions that are seemingly irreconcilable. Thus, the design of effective behavior coordination mechanisms is a major research issue.