---
title: "An MFIS for Computing a Raw Cognitive Map"
authors:
  - "Wai K. Yeap"
  - "Margaret E. Jefferies"
  - "P. S. Naylor"
doi: ""
url: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1991/56"
pdf: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1991/0056.pdf"
venue: "Proceedings of the Twelfth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence"
year: 1991
pages: "373-379"
track: "Cognitive Modeling"
keywords:
---

# An MFIS for Computing a Raw Cognitive Map

Wai K. Yeap, Margaret E. Jefferies, P. S. Naylor

*Proceedings of the Twelfth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence*, pages 373-379.

## Abstract

This paper extends Yeap's [1988] computational theory of cognitive maps, focusing on the problem of computing a raw cognitive map by an autonomous agent. In addition to having a 150° view of the environment as input, the agent also maintains a representation of her immediate surroundings. This representation is referred to as an MFIS, a Memory For one's Immediate Surroundings. Arguments for the use of the MFIS are presented. The main questions that we ask in implementing our ideas are: (i) what frame of reference is appropriate for the MFIS? and (ii) how does the MFIS change as the agent moves through the environment? A program has been implemented successfully and the main algorithms used and the results of running the program are presented.