An autonomous adaptive agent which can learn verbal as well as nonverbal behavior.
The primary object of the system is to optimize a primary value function over time
through continuously learning how to behave in an environment (which may be physical
or electronic). Inputs may include verbal advice or information from sources of
varying reliability as well as direct or preprocessed environmental inputs. Desired
agent behavior may include motor actions and verbal behavior which may constitute
a system output (and which may also function "internally" to guide external actions.
A further aspect involves an efficient "training" process by which the agent can
be taught to utilize verbal advice and information along with environmental inputs.
