"Rationale-Capture and Plan Reuse in Mixed-Initiative Planning"

2/10/1997: [time not recorded]
[location not recorded]

Abstract: In this talk, I will argue that the combination of generative and case-based planning is a powerful technique to solve complex planning problems. First, I will briefly review what are the sources of the power of this approach in a fully-automated planning system. I will focus on the plan representation requirements to effectively store, retrieve, and reuse plans based on the underlying plan rationale. Second, I will introduce how this approach is being successfully extended to a mixed-initiative planning environment and discuss the most important issues encountered. In particular, I will present the techniques developed to capture the user's planning rationale, to retrieve planning cases of potential relevance to the user, and to guide the user through the reuse process. I will illustrate with a demonstration of the work developed as part of a technology integration experiment with MITRE within the DARPA Planning Initiative program. Finally, I will discuss the several remaining open questions and corresponding future research directions.

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