Elaboration Phase

Elaboration Phase

The elaboration phase represents the acquisition of knowledge about the current situation with the firing of long-term memory productions. All productions which match fire in this phase monotonically. Additionally, productions may add new elements to working memory which in turn enable additional productions to fire. Thus, the elaboration phase has a parallel component (all productions which match fire) and a serial component (production firings can enable the firing of additional productions in the same elaboration phase). Since elaboration is monotonic, it continues until no new productions are proposed for firing. This point is known as quiescence.


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