Report de Recerca IIIA 93-2 Gener 1993

Reflection, Memory and Learning

Enric Plaza & Josep-Lluís Arcos

IIIA - Institut d'Investigació en Intel.ligència Artificial,
CSIC - Spanish Scientific Research Council,
Campus Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona,
08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain.
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Email: {plaza | arcos}@iiia.csic.es
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Abstract:

In this paper we will discuss the significance of memory and reflection in integrated learning architectures. The Massive Memory Architecture, a uniform architecture based on episodic memory a case-based reasoning, is described. Its reflective capabilities are described and we put forth the hypothesis that learning methods are inference methods with reflective capabilities, i.e. methods requiring a self-model of the system. Self-models and method implementation are based on conceptual, knowledge-level descriptions of inference. We show how the MMA reflective capabilities can be used for representing and implementing learning methods.