Acquiring a functionally compositional system of goal-directed actions of a simulated agent

Abstract. We propose a sub-symbolic connectionist model in which a func-tionally compositional system self-organizes by learning a provided set of goal-directed actions. This approach is compatible with an idea taken from usage-based accounts of the developmental learning of language, especially one theory of infants ’ acquisition process of symbols. The presented model potentially ex-plains a possible continuous process underlying the transitions from rote knowl-edge to systematized knowledge by drawing an analogy to the formation process of a geometric regular arrangement of points. Based on the experimental results, the essential underlying process is discussed.