{"pk":32279,"title":"Constraints on the Design of a High-Level Model of Cognition","subtitle":null,"abstract":"The TacAir-Soar system is a computer program that generates human-like behavior flying simulated aircraft in tactical air combat training scenarios. The design of the system has been driven by functional concerns, allowing the system to generate a wide range of appropriate behaviors in severely time-limited situations. The combination of constraints from the complexity and dynamics of the domain with the overall goal of human-like behavior led to a system that can be viewed as a model of cognition for high-level, complex tasks. This paper analyzes the system in such a light, and describes how the functional design constraints map on to cognitively plausible representations and mechanisms, sometimes in surprising ways.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[],"section":"Long Papers","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2jn5k98s","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Randolph","middle_name":"M.","last_name":"Jones","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Southern California","department":""},{"first_name":"John","middle_name":"E.","last_name":"Laird","name_suffix":"","institution":"Departement of Computer Science, Language- and Knowledge Processing, University of Hamburg","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"1997-01-01T23:30:00+05:30","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/32279/galley/23344/download/"}]}