Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck, University of London.
Top Cogn Sci. 2012 Jul;4(3):332-41. doi: 10.1111/j.1756-8765.2012.01206.x. Epub 2012 Jun 18.
Computational modeling has long been one of the traditional pillars of cognitive science. Unfortunately, the computer models of cognition being developed today have not kept up with the enormous changes that have taken place in computer technology and, especially, in human-computer interfaces. For all intents and purposes, modeling is still done today as it was 25, or even 35, years ago. Everyone still programs in his or her own favorite programming language, source code is rarely made available, accessibility of models to non-programming researchers is essentially non-existent, and even for other modelers, the profusion of source code in a multitude of programming languages, written without programming guidelines, makes it almost impossible to access, check, explore, re-use, or continue to develop. It is high time to change this situation, especially since the tools are now readily available to do so. We propose that the modeling community adopt three simple guidelines that would ensure that computational models would be accessible to the broad range of researchers in cognitive science. We further emphasize the pivotal role that journal editors must play in making computational models accessible to readers of their journals.
计算建模一直是认知科学的传统支柱之一。不幸的是，当今开发的认知计算机模型并没有跟上计算机技术，尤其是人机交互界面的巨大变化。从所有意图和目的来看，建模今天仍然像 25 甚至 35 年前一样进行。每个人仍然使用自己喜欢的编程语言进行编程，源代码很少可用，非编程研究人员几乎无法访问模型，即使对于其他建模者来说，多种编程语言中大量编写的源代码，没有编程指南，使得访问、检查、探索、重新使用或继续开发几乎不可能。现在是改变这种情况的时候了，尤其是因为现在已经有了现成的工具。我们建议建模社区采用三个简单的准则，以确保计算模型能够被认知科学领域的广泛研究人员所访问。我们进一步强调期刊编辑在使期刊读者能够访问计算模型方面必须发挥的关键作用。
