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Symbolic Architectures for Cognition
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This chapter treats the architecture, which is the fixed structure that provides the frame within which cognitive processing in the mind takes place. It describes what an architecture is and how it enters into cognitive theories of the mind. It concentrates on symbolic architectures, the family that includes the architectures central to computer science. It does not treat foundational matters or connectionist architectures. After treating in detail the general requirements of a cognitive architecture, it uses Act and Soar, two architectures relevant to the study of human cognition, to illustrate matters in detail. (sdw)
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Production systems originated as string manipulation systems and were subsequently adopted by the AI community to define systems capable of complex, hierarchically structured behaviors.
“They originated as string manipulation systems - an analog of the problem that LLMs solve - and were subsequently adopted by the AI community to define systems capable of complex, hierarchically structured behaviors (Newell et al., 1989).”
From Cognitive Architectures for Language Agents (2023) · cites this paper as Newell et al., 1989
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- Authors
- Newell, A., Rosenbloom, P. S., & Laird, J. E.
- ORCID
- Laird, John E.
- Publisher
- Defense Technical Information Center
- Published
- 1989-01-01
- OpenAlex
- W2094882046
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- 82
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- Type
- report
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › AI-based Problem Solving and Planning
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Psychiatry, Mental Health, Neuroscience
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Cognitive Computing and Networks
- Keywords
- cognitive architecture, symbolic architecture, ACT-R, SOAR, human cognition, cognitive modeling, connectionist architecture
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