A proposed open cognitive architecture framework

This paper describes a proposed general-purpose cognitive architecture known as the Open Cognitive Architecture Framework (OpenCAF) capable of representing complex intelligent behavior for a variety of applications. This new cognitive architecture framework is combined with the Open Modeling and Simulation Architecture (OpenMSA) and the Open System Architecture for Modeling and Simulation (OSAMS) to form the foundation of the Open Unified Technical Framework (OpenUTF) that provides an open-source, high-performance, scalable, parallel and distributed, infrastructure for supporting both real-time operational service-oriented systems and modeling & simulation applications. The WarpIV Kernel provides a freely available open source C++ reference implementation of the OpenUTF that will host the proposed OpenCAF. One of the unique revolutionary features of the OpenCAF is its ability to explore multiple decision-branches within a five-dimensional simulation framework. The proposed cognitive architecture constructs described in this paper are designed to automatically provide scalable high performance execution on emerging multicore computers.