The Soar cognitive architecture / John E. Laird

Author:: Laird, John, 1954-
Published:: Cambridge,Mass. ; London, England : MIT Press, [2012]
Copyright Date:: ©2012
Physical Description:: xi, 374 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- 1.1.Background -- 1.2.Cognitive Architectures -- 1.3.Soar -- 1.4.Research Strategy -- 1.5.Preview of Chapters 2-14 -- 2.Requirements for Cognitive Architectures -- 2.1.Characteristics of Environments, Tasks, and Agents -- 2.2.Architectural Requirements -- 3.The Problem-Space Computational Model -- 3.1.Task Environments -- 3.2.The Problem-Space Framework -- 3.3.Knowledge Search -- 3.4.Problem-Space Computational Models -- 3.5.Impasses and Substates -- 3.6.Using Multiple Sources of Knowledge -- 3.7.Acquiring Knowledge -- 3.8.Alternative PSCMs -- 4.Soar as an Implementation of the PSCM -- 4.1.Production Systems -- 4.2.Mapping Production Systems onto the PSCM -- 4.3.The Soar Processing Cycle -- 4.4.Demonstrations of Basic PSCM -- 4.5.Discussion -- 4.6.Analysis of Requirements -- 5.Impasses and Substates: The Basis for Complex Reasoning -- 5.1.Impasses -- 5.2.Substates -- 5.3.Problem Solving in Substates -- 5.4.Substate Results -- 5.5.Maintaining Consistency -- 5.6.Demonstrations of Impasses and Substates -- 5.7.Discussion -- 5.8.Analysis of Requirements -- 6.Chunking -- 6.1.Chunking in Soar -- 6.2.Implications of Chunking in Soar -- 6.3.Demonstrations of Chunking -- 6.4.Assumptions Inherent to Chunking -- 6.5.Analysis of Requirements -- 7.Tuning Procedural Knowledge: Reinforcement Learning -- 7.1.Reinforcement Learning in Soar -- 7.2.Learning over Large State Spaces -- 7.3.Demonstrations of Reinforcement Learning -- 7.4.Analysis of Requirements -- 8.Semantic Memory -- 8.1.Semantic Memory in Soar -- 8.2.Encoding and Storage -- 8.3.Retrieval -- 8.4.Demonstrations of Semantic Memory -- 8.5.Analysis of Requirements -- 9.Episodic Memory -- 9.1.Episodic Memory in Soar -- 9.2.Encoding and Storage -- 9.3.Retrieval -- 9.4.Use of Episodic Memory -- 9.5.Demonstrations of Episodic Memory -- 9.6.Comparison of Episodic Memory and Semantic Memory -- 9.7.Analysis of Requirements -- 10.Visuospatial Processing with Mental Imagery -- 10.1.Visual and Spatial Representations -- 10.2.Visuospatial Domains -- 10.3.SVS -- 10.4.Demonstrations of Spatial and Visual Imagery -- 10.5.Analysis of Requirements -- 11.Emotion -- 11.1.Appraisal Theories of Emotion -- 11.2.Abstract Functional Cognitive Operations -- 11.3.Unifying Cognitive Control and Appraisal -- 11.4.Emotion, Mood, and Feeling -- 11.5.Emotion and Reinforcement Learning -- 11.6.Demonstrations of Emotion Processing -- 11.7.Analysis of Requirements -- 12.Demonstrations of Multiple Architectural Capabilities -- 12.1.Learning to Use Episodic Memory with Reinforcement Learning -- 12.2.Using Mental Imagery with Reinforcement Learning -- 12.3.Diverse Forms of Action Modeling -- 12.4.Analysis of Requirements -- 13.Soar Applications -- 13.1.Applications -- 13.2.TacAir-Soar -- 13.3.Imagining TacAir-Soar 2.0 -- 14.Conclusion -- 14.1.Soar from a Structural Perspective -- 14.2.Soar from a Functional Perspective -- 14.3.Evaluating Soar on Architectural Requirements.

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ISBN:

9780262122962 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0262122960 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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"A Bradford Book."

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [347]-366) and index.

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