Satisfaction Principle in Modeling Biological Functions

Abstract

Satisfaction principle is introduced as a basis for explanation of the homeostatic behavior of biological organisms in changing environment. The principle is applied to explain the response of the eye‐tracking system which could not have been explained either by classical feedback approach or by using the optimization principle.

Computational tasks in robotics and factory automation

“…In the light of the intractable nature of computations required in an MPCS, we have to focus on methods to compute a satisfactory way of achieving a goal with a reasonable investment in computational power and time [41,52]. The computational goal is not specified as an optimum to be found, but rather as a range of goals, which are equally desirable solutions.…”