br.unicamp.cst.consciousness

Class SpotlightBroadcastController

java.lang.Object

br.unicamp.cst.core.entities.Codelet

br.unicamp.cst.consciousness.SpotlightBroadcastController

All Implemented Interfaces:

MemoryObserver, java.lang.Runnable

public class SpotlightBroadcastController
extends Codelet

A codelet-based implementation of the Global Workspace Theory, originally formulated in [1988 Baars] Bernard J. Baars. A Cognitive Theory of Consciousness. Cambridge University Press, 1988.

See Also:

Codelet

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class br.unicamp.cst.core.entities.Codelet

activation, broadcast, inputs, isMemoryObserver, lock, loop, name, outputs, threshold, timeStep

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SpotlightBroadcastController(CodeRack codeRack) Creates a SpotlightBroadcastController.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	accessMemoryObjects() This method is used in every Codelet to capture input, broadcast and output MemoryObjects which shall be used in the proc() method.
void	calculateActivation() This abstract method must be implemented by the user.
void	proc() Main Codelet function, to be implemented in each subclass.

Methods inherited from class br.unicamp.cst.core.entities.Codelet

addBroadcast, addBroadcasts, addInput, addInputs, addOutput, addOutputs, getActivation, getBroadcast, getBroadcast, getBroadcast, getEnabled, getInput, getInput, getInputs, getInputsOfType, getName, getOutput, getOutput, getOutputs, getOutputsOfType, getThreadName, getThreshold, getTimeStep, impendingAccess, impendingAccessBuffer, isLoop, isProfiling, notifyCodelet, removeFromInput, removeFromOutput, removesInput, removesOutput, run, setActivation, setBroadcast, setCodeletProfiler, setEnabled, setInputs, setIsMemoryObserver, setLoop, setName, setOutputs, setProfiling, setThreshold, setTimeStep, shouldLoop, start, stop, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SpotlightBroadcastController

public SpotlightBroadcastController(CodeRack codeRack)

Creates a SpotlightBroadcastController.

Parameters:

codeRack - the codeRack containing all Codelets.

Method Detail

accessMemoryObjects

public void accessMemoryObjects()

Description copied from class: Codelet

This method is used in every Codelet to capture input, broadcast and output MemoryObjects which shall be used in the proc() method. This abstract method must be implemented by the user. Here, the user must get the inputs and outputs it needs to perform proc.

Specified by:

accessMemoryObjects in class Codelet

calculateActivation

public void calculateActivation()

Description copied from class: Codelet

This abstract method must be implemented by the user. Here, the user must calculate the activation of the codelet before it does what it is supposed to do in proc();

Specified by:

calculateActivation in class Codelet

proc

public void proc()

Description copied from class: Codelet

Main Codelet function, to be implemented in each subclass.

Specified by:

proc in class Codelet