Usage of spreading activation for content retrieval in an autonomous agent

Author

Wendt, Alexander ; Schaat, Samer ; Gelbard, Friedrich ; Muchitsch, Clemens ; Bruckner, Dietmar

Author_Institution

Vienna Univ. of Technol., Vienna, Austria

fYear

2013

fDate

10-13 Nov. 2013

Firstpage

6672

Lastpage

6677

Abstract

For cognitive agents that decide based on experiences, memory retrieval is a significant issue. In this article a contribution to this field is made by introducing the concept of psychic spreading activation for memory retrieval in an autonomous agent. Using the psychoanalytical foundation of that as a constraint, a variant of spreading activation was created to regard perceptional as well as motivational inputs and considering the emotional component of a situation. Results show how this type of memory retrieval can influence the decision making process.

Keywords

cognitive systems; content-based retrieval; decision making; psychology; software agents; autonomous agent; cognitive agents; content retrieval; decision making process; emotional component; memory retrieval; motivational inputs; perceptional inputs; psychic spreading activation; psychoanalytical foundation; Artificial intelligence; Autonomous agents; Computer architecture; Decision making; Educational institutions; Information retrieval; Semantics; ARS; artificial general intelligence; artificial intelligence; artificial recognition system; cognitive architecture; database; image; memory retrieval; psychic spreading activation; spreading activation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2013 - 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Vienna

ISSN

1553-572X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.2013.6700236

Filename

6700236