Self-Programming: Operationalizing Autonomy

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10.2991/agi.2009.45How to use a DOI?

Abstract

Lacking an operational definition of autonomy has considerably weakened the concept's impact in systems engineering. Most current "autonomous" systems are built to operate in conditions more or less fully described a priori, which is insufficient for achieving highly autonomous systems that adapt efficiently to unforeseen situations. In an effort to clarify the nature of autonomy we propose an operational definition of autonomy: a self-programming process. We introduce Ikon Flux, a proto-architecture for self-programming systems and we describe how it meets key requirements for the construction of such systems.

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© 2009, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Eric Nivel
AU  - Kristinn R. Thórisson
PY  - 2009/06
DA  - 2009/06
TI  - Self-Programming: Operationalizing Autonomy
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd Conference on Artificial General Intelligence (2009)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 212
EP  - 217
SN  - 1951-6851
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/agi.2009.45
DO  - 10.2991/agi.2009.45
ID  - Nivel2009/06
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