A Neural Net for Consummatory Behavior

Edwin W. Paxson, I. Barr

ResearchPublished 1963

A description of a neural-net representation of eating behavior in animals. Using the apparatus described in RM-3406, A General Neural Net, the authors design a neural net that approximates the observed behavior of a feeding animal in that (1) the duration of eating time depends on the amount of deprivation, (2) eating ceases before ingested material can be metabolized and thus affect the central nervous system, and (3) bursts of eating alternate with brief resting periods as satiety is approached, the former decreasing in duration and the latter increasing.

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  • Year: 1963
  • Pages: 21
  • Document Number: RM-3393-PR

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Paxson, Edwin W. and I. Barr, A Neural Net for Consummatory Behavior. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1963. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM3393.html.
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