Feedback Can Reduce the Specification Complexity of Motor Programs

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Brockett, Roger W.
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In this paper we show that when it is possible to use feedback in the specifications of "motor programs", the length of the descriptions of the instruction sequences for carrying out a given task can be reduced by a factor that reflects the richness of the available feedback signals. The model on which this work is based is that of a finite automaton, modified in such a way that instruction processing is akin to the way in which difference or differential equations "process" piecewise constant inputs.
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2001-12
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