Artificial intelligence and collective memory

In this chapter we study an application of artificial intelligence techniques to get a better and deeper understanding of Halbwachs concept of “collective memory“in social sciences which recently became frequently used for an interpretation of social phenomena and processes. Moreover, the concept of “collective memory” is specifically reflected in modern artificial intelligence as an effective tool for acceleration of adaptive and evolutionary problems in multiagent systems. This modern approach makes it possible to use a history of the adaptive process for a construction of its actual solution. If we compare, on one hand, the usage of the concept of collective memory in social sciences, and, on the other hand, its usage in artificial intelligence, we observe that there exist many common properties that substantially simplify a discussion of their common interaction and interpretation. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015.