Analogical Concept Memory for Architectures Implementing the Common Model of Cognition

TL;DR

This paper introduces an analogical concept memory for the Soar architecture, enabling rapid interactive learning of diverse concepts useful for recognition and action in embodied cognitive systems.

Contribution

It presents a novel analogical concept memory integrated into Soar, enhancing its ability for concept acquisition through interactive learning in embodied environments.

Findings

The analogical memory enables quick learning of diverse concepts.

The system improves recognition and action selection in robotic simulations.

The approach integrates analogical reasoning into cognitive architectures.

Abstract

Architectures that implement the Common Model of Cognition - Soar, ACT-R, and Sigma - have a prominent place in research on cognitive modeling as well as on designing complex intelligent agents. In this paper, we explore how computational models of analogical processing can be brought into these architectures to enable concept acquisition from examples obtained interactively. We propose a new analogical concept memory for Soar that augments its current system of declarative long-term memories. We frame the problem of concept learning as embedded within the larger context of interactive task learning (ITL) and embodied language processing (ELP). We demonstrate that the analogical learning methods implemented in the proposed memory can quickly learn a diverse types of novel concepts that are useful not only in recognition of a concept in the environment but also in action selection. Our approach has been instantiated in an implemented cognitive system AILEEN and evaluated on a simulated robotic domain.