In the context of learning from demonstration (LfD), trajectory policy representations such as probabilistic movement primitives (ProMPs) allow for rich modeling demonstrated skills. To reproduce a learned skill with real robot, feedback controller is required to cope perturbations and react dynamic changes in environment. this letter, we propose generalized control approach that merges movemen...

BACKGROUND The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the relationships among sleep problems and daytime behaviors in a large, well-defined cohort of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). METHODS Out of a registry population of 3452 children with ASDs, a subset of 1193 children aged 4 to 10 years of age from 14 centers across the country was used to evaluate the relationship bet...

In this paper we propose a mechanism based on Darwinist principles applied on-line that provides organisms with the capability of adapting through the use of their interaction with their surroundings in order to improve the level of satisfaction obtained. The mechanism involves a two level concurrent operation of evolutionary processes. The processing carried out in the first, or unconscious le...

Different groups of adult rats were subjected to discrete lesions in one of ten different areas of the brain which have previously been found to be implicated in retention of learned brightness and pattern discrimination habits. When tested for the rodent's predictable (instinctive) preference for the dark, eight groups showed deficient preference scores and two showed preference scores compara...

This paper presents a case study where twelve graduate students undertook the demanding role of the adaptive e-course developer and worked collaboratively on an authentic and complex design task in the context of open and distance tertiary education. The students had to work in groups in order to conceptualise and design a learning scenario for adaptive learning, develop learning materials and ...

Networked systems that gather sensor data in order to react to phenomena in their surroundings are faced with a growing need for adaptive behavior to operate in dynamically changing environments. In designing a networked system the data processing chain can be decomposed into functional components. These functional components interact by requesting information they need and fulfilling requests ...