Symbolic World Model

Above the cognitive architecture and its basic operating programs, there (usually) exists a level that enables the system to store knowledge in some basic framework. This framework is based on symbols which serve to represent relations between the agent and its environment, and hence knowledge, within the system. Such symbolic abstraction occurs at the symbol level and derives its power from the physical symbol system hypothesis. Thus, symbolic abstraction enables, or at least facilitate, many architecture capabilities including planning and learning.

Architectures utilizing a symbolic world model include:


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