@TechReport{ranasinghe2008surprise-based-learning-algorithm, abstract = { This paper presents a learning algorithm known as surprise-based learning (SBL) capable of providing a physical robot the ability to autonomously learn and plan in an unknown environment without any prior knowledge of its actions or their impact on the environment. } author = {Nadeesha Ranasinghe and Wei-Min Shen}, title = {The Surprise-Based Learning Algorithm}, institution = {USC Information Sciences Institute}, year = {2008}, number = {ISI-TR-651}, month = apr, }