Feature Articles The Monter ge Cogitator Jean E. Tardy Monter6ge design, inc. P.O. Box 1222, Dartmouth, NS Canada, B2Y 4B9 (902) 466-0246; FAX 466-0983 section of domain and range are non empty is an automaton. Abstract The term sequence means a list. The terms mapping and function should not be interpreted in their strict classical sense but as This paper describes the Monter6ge Cogitator, an advanced, procedures and data structures that are obviously programmable. original and powerful conceptual structure designed to describe As such, these objects may contain unmentioned marginal elethe essential properties of learning. ments in their domain and range and may have more complex execution properties. The same applies to data structures. Our The elaboration of this structure introduces a methodological apintuitive understanding of programrnable structures is taken as an proach that uses abstract concepts in an expanded intuitive conaxiomatic given. text, a theory of knowledge adapted to Control Systems and the definition and use of specialized automata to build complex abstract machines. From these components, the basic principles of 2. T h r e e examples model generation and the essential processes of learning are defined and integrated into a coherent learning system. To make
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