?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=A+Functional+Architecture+Approach+to+Neural+Systems&rft.creator=coward%2C+l+andrew&rft.subject=Behavioral+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Machine+Learning&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.subject=Physiological+Psychology&rft.description=The+technology+for+the+design+of+systems+to+perform+extremely+complex+combinations+of+real-time+functionality+has+developed+over+a+long+period.+This+technology+is+based+on+the+use+of+a+hardware+architecture+with+a+physical+separation+into+memory+and+processing%2C+and+a+software+architecture+which+divides+functionality+into+a+disciplined+hierarchy+of+software+components+which+exchange+unambiguous+information.+This+technology+experiences+difficulty+in+design+of+systems+to+perform+parallel+processing%2C+and+extreme+difficulty+in+design+of+systems+which+can+heuristically+change+their+own+functionality.+These+limitations+derive+from+the+approach+to+information+exchange+between+functional+components.+A+design+approach+in+which+functional+components+can+exchange+ambiguous+information+leads+to+systems+with+the+recommendation+architecture+which+are+less+subject+to+these+limitations.+Biological+brains+have+been+constrained+by+natural+pressures+to+adopt+functional+architectures+with+this+different+information+exchange+approach.+Neural+networks+have+not+made+a+complete+shift+to+use+of+ambiguous+information%2C+and+do+not+address+adequate+management+of+context+for+ambiguous+information+exchange+between+modules.+As+a+result+such+networks+cannot+be+scaled+to+complex+functionality.+Simulations+of+systems+with+the+recommendation+architecture+demonstrate+the+capability+to+heuristically+organize+to+perform+complex+functionality.%0A%0A&rft.publisher=Gordon+and+Breach&rft.date=2000&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2302%2F3%2FFuncApproach.pdf&rft.identifier=++coward%2C+l+andrew++(2000)+A+Functional+Architecture+Approach+to+Neural+Systems.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2302%2F