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On the Convergence of Quantum and Distributed Computational Models of Consciousness

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The brain is a neurological device capable to carry out distributed computation and express cognition. The computational models of consciousness and cognition have potential applications in bio-inspired computing paradigm. This paper proposes a computational model of consciousness as a cognitive function following neurophysiology and elements of distributed computing. It is illustrated that the distributed computational model of consciousness has a basis in the quantum mechanical models in explaining the neurological cognitive functions. The transitions between the computing model and quantum basis are explained and analyzed considering different linear Hermitian operators.

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  1. Department of Informatics, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 660-701, South Korea

    Susmit Bagchi

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  1. Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland

    Leszek Rutkowski

  2. Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland

    Marcin Korytkowski

  3. Czestochova Univ of Technology, Częstochova, Poland

    Rafal Scherer

  4. AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland

    Ryszard Tadeusiewicz

  5. University of California, Berkeley, California, USA

    Lotfi A. Zadeh

  6. Louisville, Kentucky, USA

    Jacek M. Zurada

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Bagchi, S. (2015). On the Convergence of Quantum and Distributed Computational Models of Consciousness. In: Rutkowski, L., Korytkowski, M., Scherer, R., Tadeusiewicz, R., Zadeh, L., Zurada, J. (eds) Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing. ICAISC 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9120. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19369-4_7

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