This paper presents a computational model of integrated introspective learning, which is a deliberative learning process in which a rea-soner introspects about its own performance on a reasoning task, identiies what it needs to learn to improve its performance, formulates learning goals to acquire the required knowledge, and pursues its learning goals using multiple learning strategies. We disc...

Quicksort is the preferred in-place sorting algorithm in many contexts, since its average computing time on uniformly distributed inputs is (N log N) and it is in fact faster than most other sorting algorithms on most inputs. Its drawback is that its worst-case time bound is (N 2). Previous attempts to protect against the worst case by improving the way quicksort chooses pivot elements for part...

OBJECTIVE One of the major topics towards robot consciousness is to give a robot the capabilities of self-consciousness. We propose that robot self-consciousness is based on higher order perception of the robot, in the sense that first-order robot perception is the immediate perception of the outer world, while higher order perception is the perception of the inner world of the robot. METHODS...

Motivational currents, a relatively new concept in the field of language learning, has contributed to understanding how long-term motivational energy can be sustained among learners. Despite such critical contribution, little is known on one its core elements called vision, vivid image one’s future self, sustainable long period. This resulted difficulty for teachers create currents their articl...

It has been proposed that self-awareness (SA), a multifaceted phenomenon central to human consciousness, depends critically on specific brain regions, namely the insular cortex, the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), and the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). Such a proposal predicts that damage to these regions should disrupt or even abolish SA. We tested this prediction in a rare neurological pat...

The relatively new method of autoethnography as valid research is used in this paper. combines a personal and introspective approach with the academic method. By reflecting on her experience psychosis, first author (LF) attempts to show how psychotic symptoms, such delusions or paranoid perceptions, have symbolic meaning could relate previous traumatic experiences. She uses Winnicott’s concept ...

Since knowledge is usually incomplete, agents need to introspect on what they know and do not know. The best known models of introspective reasoning suffer from intractability or even undecidability if the underlying language is first-order. To better suit the fact that agents have limited resources, we recently proposed a model of decidable introspective reasoning in first-order knowledge base...

This paper discusses the basis, order, and motives for creating correct abstract representations in software engineering. The problem of using poor quality (ill-conceived, undefined, harmful) abstractions significantly affects life cycle software, narrows range thoughtful solutions, reduces reliability a product. To improve abstraction, number possible directions finding implementing have been ...