Object Modeling of Filter-Oriented Systems of Attention: Possibilities of Integration

This paper introduces theoretical results of research oriented on development object-oriented models of filter systems of attention. The diagrammatical language UML is used as a means of modeling of attentional systems. Two filter-oriented hypothesis of focused attention offered by Broadbent and Treisman were chosen as prototypes. The paper includes: UML model of the structure of information in the sensory system, the classification of existing models of attention, and two UML models of the phenomenon of attention based on Broadbent s and Treisman’s hypothesis respectively. The study revealed that from the point of view of OO modeling, the model based on Broadbent’s hypothesis can be considered as a basic class, whereas the model based on Treisman’s hypothesis is its enhancement. Both UML models were used to explain results of some key experiments on dichotic listening tasks