Maes Nets

• We've done some planning work with Maes nets, from How To Do The Right Thing or How To Do The Right Thing .
• The idea here is that you have facts, goals, and actions with preconditions and results, quite like in Strips.
• You have modules which connect these things.
• However, these are connected with connections that enable them to spread activation.
• Some modules and goals may be connected because the actions from these modules fulfill or partially fulfill the goals.
• Activation spreads throughout the net, with goals set by the user and facts set by the environment.
• When a module gets sufficient activation, it fires and causes its associated action to be applied.
• This updates the network, and activation continues to spread.
• We've spent some time implementing this in simulated neurons.