Shaping knowledge on legume morphology

Fluid flows shaping organism morphology

A dynamic self-organized morphology is the hallmark of network-shaped organisms like slime moulds and fungi. Organisms continuously re-organize their flexible, undifferentiated body plans to forage for food. Among these organisms the slime mould P. polycephalum has emerged as a model to investigate how organism can self-organize their extensive networks and act as a coordinated whole. Cytoplasm...

Shaping Behaviour with Adaptive Morphology

Robots which exploit their embodiment promise to be more robust, energy-efficient and adaptable. However, the majority of systems designed in this way are only capable of exploiting their embodiment when performing a single task in a single environment. For such robots to be capable of adapting to a range of tasks or environments, they must be capable of adjusting their morphology on-line and h...

Transcending Knowledge Management, Shaping Knowledge Governance

The Shaping of Student Knowledge

The focus of this paper is a software genre usually referred to as ‘dynamic geometry’ because of the ability of the user to dynamically manipulate geometrical figures created with the software tool. Using data from a longitudinal study of 12-13 students’ use of dynamic geometry software, the focus of the analysis is on the interpretations the students make of geometrical objects and relationshi...

Knowledge-based reward shaping with knowledge revision in reinforcement learning

Reinforcement learning has proven to be a successful artificial intelligence technique when an agent needs to act and improve in a given environment. The agent receives feedback about its behaviour in terms of rewards through constant interaction with the environment and in time manages to identify which actions are more beneficial for each situation. Typically reinforcement learning assumes th...