Imagery in cognitive architecture: Representation and control at multiple levels of abstraction

Cognitive Systems Research

Volumn 19-20, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-29

  Wintermute, Samuel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SOAR TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACT REPRESENTATION; AI SYSTEMS; CAR-LIKE VEHICLES; COGNITIVE ARCHITECTURES; CONCRETE STATE; INTELLIGENT BEHAVIOR; LOW LEVEL CONTROL; MENTAL IMAGERY; MULTIPLE LEVELS; PERCEPTION SYSTEMS; SAMPLING-BASED MOTION PLANNING; SOAR ARCHITECTURE;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; REINFORCEMENT LEARNING;

ABSTRACTING;

ABSTRACTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COGNITION; IMAGERY; INTELLIGENCE; MENTAL TASK; MOTION; PERCEPTION; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING;

EID: 84862335746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13890417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsys.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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