Evolutionary Explanations for Spatial Language- A Case Study on Landmarks

This paper reports on latest results from a larger research pro-gram trying to understand the computational principles be-hind the processing, acquisition and evolution of spatial lan-guage. Here we explore an evolutionary explanation of spa-tial landmarks by carrying out detailed computational exper-iments. The paper discusses the necessary mechanisms for representing different strategies involving landmarks, their effect on success in communication and their impact on the formation of spatial relations