Soar: Distractable

Description

• Soar is not constrained by a linear search through a single problem space but may actually change context as the need arises.
• Though Soar has a fixed decision cycle it does not have explicit subgoaling. Rather, the goal stack arises dynamically through problem solving.
• Any production can potentially fire at any time, allowing Soar to be distracted from its current goal. A production can create a new problem space in which Soar refocuses its attention and addresses new subgoals.
• This distractablility allows Soar to attend to high priority situations without having to complete the current goal resolution processing.