Size of the Knowledge Base

There are physical limits to the size of the knowledge base that may be supported by an individual agent. But, in addition to the physical limit on memory (just one example of the environment's capability to provide only limited resources), there may be limitations imposed by the agent's architecture and style of control. For example, Homer experiences a processing slow-down as its episodic knowledge base increases in size.

Architectures that consider this property include:


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