Declarative Knowledge
Implications of representing knowledge in MAX agents declaratively jointly
facilitates the ability of the agents to learn about and to modify internal
operators and debilitates the ability of the agent to respond expeditiously
after adding new knowledge. SOAR
in contrast, stores knowledge in compiled procedural format. SOAR cannot change its
operators but must generate new ones. MAX can change its operators.
SOAR operators are compact and fast,
even when complex, while MAX's operators grow with complexity.
In addition to the declarative structure of knowledge in MAX agents,
knowledge is homogeneous and
open. These properties work syergistically with the
declarative structure to supply the capability of learning about its entire
knowledge and the capability of the agent to bring forth all of its
knowledge to bear upon any problem.
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