?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+Evolution+of+Spacing+Effects+in+Autonomous+Agents&rft.creator=Markovitch%2C+J.+S.&rft.subject=Machine+Learning&rft.subject=Evolution&rft.subject=Perceptual+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=This+paper+discusses+research+into+whether+the+memories+of+adaptive+autonomous+agents+can+be+made+to+spontaneously+evolve+spacing+effects.++Experiments+involving+human+memory+have+shown+that+learning+trials+massed+closely+in+time+elicit+slower+learning+than+the+equivalent+number+trials+spaced+apart+in+time.++These+%22spacing+effects%22+have+been+observed+across+a+wide+array+of+conditions.++The+experimental+results+detailed+here+show+that+such+effects+can+be+made+to+evolve+spontaneously+in+autonomous+agents.++The+results+also+suggest+that+the+greater+learning+difficulty+humans+experience+from+closely+spaced+trials+may+not+be+the+result+of+a+defect+of+biology%2C+but+rather+may+be+a+consequence+of+a+need+to+give+only+the+appropriate+weight+to+each+learning+experience.&rft.date=1994-09&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2911%2F1%2FEvolutionOfAutonomousAgents.pdf&rft.identifier=++Markovitch%2C+J.+S.++(1994)+The+Evolution+of+Spacing+Effects+in+Autonomous+Agents.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2911%2F