Simple optimisation.
Sometimes, an organism can use a simple optimisation heuristic. It does not need to calculate optimality functions, but can instead proceed by evaluating gradients in its environment and following a path that leads towards a local maximum or minimum.
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University of Canterbury, Department of Psychology, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand. Simon.Kemp@canterbury.ac.nz
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