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Computational Modeling of Brain Processes for Agent Architectures: Issues and Implications

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Cognitive architectures are integrative frameworks that include a series of components that interoperate to generate a variety of behaviors in autonomous agents. Commonly, such components attempt to synthesize the operations and architecture of brain functions, such as perception and emotions. To carry out this, they embody computational models whose development is based on theories explaining cognitive and affective functions as well as on principles and standards established for the development of software systems. Unfortunately, such theories and software principles are not always available or entirely adequate. In this paper, we analyze and discuss fundamental issues associated to the development of these type of architectural components. We focus on the problems that arise throughout their development cycle and identify some improvements for the tools used in their construction.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Cinvestav Guadalajara, Mexico

    Luis-Felipe Rodríguez & Félix Ramos

  2. Department of Psychology, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico

    Gregorio García

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  1. School of Information Science and Engineering, Feiyun Lou Building, Lanzhou University, Tianshui South Road 222, 730000, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

    Bin Hu

  2. Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR

    Jiming Liu

  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biophysics, 15 Datun Road, Chaoyng District, 100101, Beijing, China

    Lin Chen

  4. Department of Life Science and Informatics, Maebashi Institute of Technology, 460-1 Kamisadori-Cho, 371.0816, Maebashi-City, Japan

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Rodríguez, LF., Ramos, F., García, G. (2011). Computational Modeling of Brain Processes for Agent Architectures: Issues and Implications. In: Hu, B., Liu, J., Chen, L., Zhong, N. (eds) Brain Informatics. BI 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 6889. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23605-1_21

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