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A number of practical requirements constrain the physical architecture of any system which must learn to perform a complex combination of behaviours with resources that are not unlimited [932]. In this chapter we will review the nature of these constraints and the way in which they arise. Analogous practical requirements constrain the architecture of a complex system in which behaviours are defined under external intellectual control (i.e. designed). These constraints will be considered briefly for comparison. Learning and design result in analogous but qualitatively different architectures. The constraints impose limits on the range of possible architectural forms, and the limits are tighter if the ratio of behaviours to resources is larger.
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Coward, L.A. (2013). Constraints on the Physical Architecture of the Brain. In: Towards a Theoretical Neuroscience: from Cell Chemistry to Cognition. Springer Series in Cognitive and Neural Systems, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7107-9_7
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