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Modeling reflexive processes within the architecture of an intelligent agent increases the reliability and explainability of its operation, bringing the system's behavior closer to conscious and goal-oriented, confirming the proposed hypothesis.
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Context and relevance . Reflexive processes, that is, the ability of a system to reflect on its own actions and states, have long been studied in philosophy, psychology, and cybernetics. In modern intelligent systems, there is a need to model reflection to improve the adaptability, autonomy, and explainability of their behavior. Objective . To develop and explore a cognitive architecture with explicit support for reflective thinking, considering reflection as a special information processing task within artificial intelligence. Hypothesis . The introduction of a reflection layer (metacognitive control) into the architecture of an intelligent system will allow it to identify and correct its own errors, adapt to uncertainty, and justify its decisions better than a system without such a layer. Methods and materials. A hybrid cognitive architecture was constructed, including a reactive object layer (S1) and a reflexive planning layer (S2) with a metacontroller that evaluates the confidence of decisions and monitors system resources. Scenarios of agent interaction with the external environment were simulated, in which the behavior of the system with reflection enabled and disabled was compared. Results. It was demonstrated that the metacontroller initiates a reflexive cycle when uncertainty about a decision is insufficient or when anomalies are detected, leading to a revision of the agent's goals and plans. In test tasks, the reflexive agent successfully avoided pitfalls and corrected erroneous actions, whereas the non-reflexive agent made more errors. Conclusions. Reflexive processes can be effectively formulated as an internal information processing task in a cognitive system. Modeling them within the architecture of an intelligent agent increases the reliability and explainability of its operation, bringing the system's behavior closer to conscious and goal-oriented, confirming the proposed hypothesis.
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@article{Gaponov2026Modeling,
title = {Modeling reflexive processes as information processing tasks in intelligent computers},
author = {V R Gaponov and Elena Lyapuntsova},
journal = {Modelling and Data Analysis},
year = {2026},
doi = {10.17759/mda.2026160210},
url = {https://doi.org/10.17759/mda.2026160210}
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