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05825594 Williams, Paul L. Beer, Randall D. Information dynamics of evolved agents. Doncieux, St\'ephane (ed.) et al., From animals to animats 11. 11th international conference on simulation of adaptive behavior, SAB 2010, Paris -- Clos Luc\'e, France, August 25--28, 2010. Proceedings. Berlin: Springer (ISBN 978-3-642-15192-7/pbk). Lecture Notes in Computer Science 6226. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 38-49 (2010). 2010 Berlin: Springer EN

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-15193-4_4

Summary: Information-theoretic techniques have received much recent attention as tools for the analysis of embodied agents. However, while techniques for quantifying static information structure are well-established, the application of information theory to the analysis of temporal behavior is still in its infancy. Here we formulate a novel information-theoretic approach for analyzing the dynamics of information flow in embodied systems. To demonstrate our approach, we apply it to analyze a previously evolved model of relational categorization. The results of this analysis demonstrate the unique strengths of our approach for exploring the detailed structure of information dynamics, and point towards a natural synergy between temporally-extended information theory and dynamical systems theory.