?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+Recommendation+Architecture%3A+Lessons+from+Large-Scale+Electronic+Systems+Applied+to+Cognition&rft.creator=coward%2C+l+andrew&rft.subject=Behavioral+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Physiological+Psychology&rft.description=A+fundamental+approach+of+cognitive+science+is+to+understand+cognitive+systems+by+separating+them+into+modules.+Theoretical+reasons+are+described+which+force+any+system+which+learns+to+perform+a+complex+combination+of+real+time+functions+into+a+modular+architecture.+Constraints+on+the+way+modules+divide+up+functionality+are+also+described.+The+architecture+of+such+systems%2C+including+biological+systems%2C+is+constrained+into+a+form+called+the+recommendation+architecture%2C+with+a+primary+separation+between+clustering+and+competition.+Clustering+is+a+modular+hierarchy+which+manages+the+interactions+between+functions+on+the+basis+of+detection+of+functionally+ambiguous+repetition.+Change+to+previously+detected+repetitions+is+limited+in+order+to+maintain+a+meaningful%2C+although+partially+ambiguous+context+for+all+modules+which+make+use+of+the+previously+defined+repetitions.+Competition+interprets+the+repetition+conditions+detected+by+clustering+as+a+range+of+alternative+behavioural+recommendations%2C+and+uses+consequence+feedback+to+learn+to+select+the+most+appropriate+recommendation.+The+requirements+imposed+by+functional+complexity+result+in+very+specific+structures+and+processes+which+resemble+those+of+brains.+The+design+of+an+implemented+electronic+version+of+the+recommendation+architecture+is+described%2C+and+it+is+demonstrated+that+the+system+can+heuristically+define+its+own+functionality%2C+and+learn+without+disrupting+earlier+learning.+The+recommendation+architecture+is+compared+with+a+range+of+alternative+cognitive+architectural+proposals%2C+and+the+conclusion+reached+that+it+has+substantial+potential+both+for+understanding+brains+and+for+designing+systems+to+perform+cognitive+functions.&rft.publisher=Elsevier&rft.date=2001-12&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2300%2F3%2FRecArchLessons.pdf&rft.identifier=++coward%2C+l+andrew++(2001)+The+Recommendation+Architecture%3A+Lessons+from+Large-Scale+Electronic+Systems+Applied+to+Cognition.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2300%2F