For studying the mechanism of the brain, so called “synthetic approach” is effective. Synthetic approach is to conjecture the mechanism of the target through constructing its model. We have constructed some twenty models of the brain for this study. In this article, we describe one of them which we constructed recently. The model includes abilities of perception, memory, and action. To have the...

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We present a viewing strategy for exploring the surface of an unknown object (i.e., making all of its points visible) by purposefully controlling the motion of an active observer. It is based on a simple relation between (1) the instantaneous direction of motion of the observer, (2) the visibility of points projecting to the occluding contour, and (3) the surface normal at those points: If the ...

Reinforcement learning has recently been receiving increased attention as a method for robot learning with little or no a priori knowledge and higher capability of reactive and adaptive behaviors. However, there are two major problems in applying it to real robot tasks: how to construct the state space, and how to reduce the learning time. This paper presents a method by which a robot learns pu...

Under the principles of the scholarship of teaching and learning and action research this study sought to examine how an instructor created and facilitated engagement in his students. The research was primarily undertaken to further define the middle range theory of mutual engagement. Theoretical sampling was used to analyze approximately 100 pieces of data that included instructor notes, teach...

introduction: electronic health record contains all the information related to the health of citizens, from before birth to death have been consistently over time is electronically stored and will be available without regard to location or time all or part of it to authorized persons. the acceptance of ehr by citizens is important in successful implementation of it. the aim of this study was to...